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The Liberty Flower
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The King Of The Irish. The Second War Of Rebellion. Mercy First And Last. Charles Town has fallen to the British and partisan Sarah Mahon is swept up in the revolutionary furor. She believes that her enlightened father will grant her the liberty to choose her own future, but that future is uncertain under occupation. Going behind his back to support the rebel militia, Sarah will take her rebellion too far, with consequences that she never anticipated. Enjoy the opening pages of. A coward. Such fervor...
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The Art of the Grand Gesture: Let's Go Back In Time
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The Art of the Grand Gesture. The rocky road to publishin'. Thursday, July 23, 2015. Let's Go Back In Time. You went to Mass and if you had not studied Latin you had no idea what was being said. Instead, you repeated sounds you had learned at school. It was part of a ritual, with all the mystery inherent in a service offered up in a dead language. Did it matter what the priest was saying up there on the altar, with his back to you? Jean Marie Roger Kozik. He founded the Fraternite Notre Dame. No matter t...
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The Art of the Grand Gesture: What Does An Agent Want?
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The Art of the Grand Gesture. The rocky road to publishin'. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. What Does An Agent Want? To avoid rejection, writers are advised to approach agents looking for the sort of thing that the writer has written. You have to research the literary agent's likes, but basing your search entirely on what has already been published is not the best approach. Literary agent Jessica Sinsheimer. What does an agent want? They are revealing their true desires. The idea behind the expose of the colle...
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The Art of the Grand Gesture: August 2015
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The Art of the Grand Gesture. The rocky road to publishin'. Monday, August 31, 2015. City That Works: Our New Imprint. It may be a quiet time for publishing as summer winds down, but we have not rested. Our focus has been on historical fiction, but as we reviewed manuscripts submitted for consideration we realized that history is being made all around us. Society is changing, and are we missing something by not including history making in our catalogue? Thursday, August 27, 2015. Having fallen in love wi...
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The Art of the Grand Gesture: My Invitation Must Have Gotten Lost
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The Art of the Grand Gesture. The rocky road to publishin'. Tuesday, August 04, 2015. My Invitation Must Have Gotten Lost. Not every author on a book tour gets to attend a special dinner party, however. I am assuming my invitation to the recent Dinner Lab fest was lost in the mail. Fell out of the mail plane or something. Viking is heavily promoting KITCHENS OF THE GREAT MIDWEST. Were treated to a unique menu that reflected the cuisine described in KITCHENS OF THE GREAT MIDWEST. The chef used the recipes...
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The Art of the Grand Gesture: I Identify As A Man
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The Art of the Grand Gesture. The rocky road to publishin'. Thursday, August 06, 2015. I Identify As A Man. There are more male than female authors. Or maybe it's nothing more than unintended bias. Catherine Nichols had a feeling that maybe that was the problem. She was experiencing when she could not get a literary agent to pay her any mind. She did the querying to no avail. No one asked to read her manuscript. Then she thought that her sex might be the problem, not her writing. Is there some unconsciou...
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The Art of the Grand Gesture: The Fickleness Of The Female
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The Art of the Grand Gesture. The rocky road to publishin'. Thursday, July 30, 2015. The Fickleness Of The Female. You put your heart into wooing a lady and just when you think the feelings might be mutual, she's gone. A fickle bunch. Especially the mentally unstable ones. As if things are not bad enough for Graham Dwyer, now serving a life sentence for murdering child minder Elaine O'Hara,. He's been jilted. His girlfriend has left him for another thug. And promptly added it to the list of the most vici...
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The Art of the Grand Gesture: The First Draft Of The First Novel
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The Art of the Grand Gesture. The rocky road to publishin'. Monday, July 20, 2015. The First Draft Of The First Novel. So the discovery of Harper Lee's first draft of her first novel is treated like the discovery of a brand-new work. GO SET A WATCHMAN is the first draft of the first novel that the writer who did not study writing ever wrote. The first draft of the first novel was tucked away because it was not the best version of a tale out of the racist south. Previously undiscovered until Ms. Lee's...
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The Art of the Grand Gesture: July 2015
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The Art of the Grand Gesture. The rocky road to publishin'. Thursday, July 30, 2015. The Fickleness Of The Female. You put your heart into wooing a lady and just when you think the feelings might be mutual, she's gone. A fickle bunch. Especially the mentally unstable ones. As if things are not bad enough for Graham Dwyer, now serving a life sentence for murdering child minder Elaine O'Hara,. He's been jilted. His girlfriend has left him for another thug. And promptly added it to the list of the most vici...
