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May.15.2013
During the years that one stroke after another took my grandmother away by inches, as she changed from a vibrant, sassy, intelligent, and loving woman into a shell that looked like her but whose eyes lacked the sparkle and simple joy of life. I went to see her less and less often. It’s hard to...
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May.07.2012
Mother's Day is this Sunday. In honoring my 9 moms and mothers everywhere, I offering a special sale on my From My Mama’s Kitchen e-book for only $2.99   This is a limited time offer. Go to Amazon.com to download the Kindle e-book of From My Mama’s Kitchen for only $2.99     Link...
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Jan.17.2012
The Emerald Amulet, a novel by J.P. Cunningham, is now available in Kindle version as well as trade paperback at amazon.com.   Amid the mystery of Colombia’s dense forest, two boys find that life can be far more challenging than it seems. Eduardo is the son of a maid working on the estate...
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Dec.08.2011
A second edition of the novel Somerset (ISBN 9781453839515) by J.P. Cunningham is now available at amazon.com in either Kindle or trade paperback version.   Based on the first edition, Cunningham was nominated for Georgia Author of the Year (First Novel category) and also placed within the top...
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Apr.11.2011
The grandchildren departed, a bittersweet moment in time... Their rented minivan moves away down the street as I stand in my driveway waving goodbye. The car contains my son, his wife, and their 4 young daughters (secondarily known as my granddaughters). I am temporarily a man swimming in a paradox...
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Apr.05.2011
Holland Park Press has just launched the Angel & Devils Poetry Competition. You are asked to write a poem of no more than 30 lines about family relationships. You can write in English or Dutch. We are looking for poems that look at one’s relatives in an original way; we are especially...
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Feb.25.2011
Somerset, the novel by J.P. Cunningham is one of a half-dozen nominees for the Georgia Author of the Year Award, First Novel Category concerning 2010.  The GA Author of the Year Award was first established in 1964.
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Feb.25.2011
SOMERSET, the novel by J. P. Cunningham yesterday advanced into the Second Round of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest.   5000 original entrants reduced to 1000 Second Round contestants as of February 24th, 2011.
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Feb.06.2011
RENASCENT,©a short story by J.P. Cunningham has been published today at redroom.com  This is one of several short stories included within the ( as yet) unpublished volume "Tales of Peacock County"  ( copr) by J.P. Cunningham.   To see this story, simply search for author J.P. Cunningham
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May.28.2010
Growing up in a CIA family, I learned to carry secrets without thinking about it.  Whereas my father made a decision and took an oath; I was born into it.  For me it was a matter of nuclear family loyalty.  Not spy family loyalty.  If I loved my father, I needed to keep his secret.  The problem was...