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Bitter tea. Cheap cups. Moon-shaped faces asking what's to be done with the little eejit. Mary, the protagonist of An Irishwoman's Tale, spends a lifetime coming to terms with her painful first memory. What's your first memory? Is it painful? Happy? How has it colored your life?For a $15 Barnes & Noble gift card, click on the CONTACT ME button on the left side of the website and leave your entry. Or scroll down to the bottom of the home page, click on CONTACT ME, and leave your entry. Can't wait to hear from y'all!
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Lori Chally's entry was drawn from a big basket of entries. Tonight I closed my eyes and pretended to smell the garlicky aromas, the salty sea breeze of Cinque Terre, my dream destination in Italy. Buon appetito!
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A big thanks to Kregel publications for agreeing to publish Unsettled Waters, the story of the Irishwoman's friend Sally. Read more for another exciting writing development!
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Kregel Publications has recently announced the release date of my first novel, tentatively titled An Irishwoman's Tale, as August 31, 2008. To celebrate (and because March 17 is St. Patrick's Day), I'm honoring the Irish among us (or in us) for this month's contest!
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"Come, they told me, pa rum pa pum pum..." What Christmas gift will YOU lay at the feet of the Christ child?
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Writing, editing, judging, teaching...it's been a wonderful month!
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Over five hundred writers gathered in Dallas to praise God, eat chocolate, fine-tune their writing craft, conduct a bit of business, socialize, did I mention eat chocolate? The keynote speaker, James Bell, admonished us to, "never stop learning, never stop writing, never stop reading."
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Miralee Ferrell's debut women's fiction novel, The Other Daughter , has received a four-star review by Romantic Times (Release date, October 30, Kregel Publications).
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An Irishwoman's Tale, Patti Lacy's first novel, will be published in the summer of 2008 by Kregel Publications. Unsettled Waters: A Story of Deception, is now complete! To read more...
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"Across the nation, religious texts are disappearing from America's prison libraries."
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Ninety-six-year-old published for first time!
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(Monthly essay dealing with life issues.) After I creak to my knees, pray, get up, and pour some coffee, I check my e-mails. By an electronic miracle I'll never understand...
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So you want to be a writer...What's your next step? If you've picked up a pen...
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