This is perhaps less a post for you, my writer friends, than for your friends and family.  :)  Over the last several years of birthday, wedding anniversary, and Christmas gift-giving, I’ve asked for a few things not writing related. (John won Husband of the Year for giving me a Tiffany key necklace for our 20th [...]

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The first author I ever saw was Carol Shields. I had never read one of her books, in fact, I had never heard of her until I learned that she was coming to a local library to read her book, The Stone Diaries. I went just to find out what a real author looked and [...]

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