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Mar.31.2010
Are you having difficulty accessing contest information via the San Mateo County Fair website?  Try using the following link to reach the San Mateo County Fair writing contest guidelines:   https://www.sanmateocountyfair.com/pdf/2010/2010_premium/52-64 FINE ARTS 2010 NEW LAYOUT.pdf  Use the...
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Mar.28.2010
Breathing Life into Your Writing  (April 11, 10am - Noon, RavenCon) A Workshop Presented by Laurel Anne Hill, with the assistance of Nancy Holzner, Barbara Friend Ish & Allen Wold   A. Make Characters Come Alive on the Page: Stay Close to Point-of-View Characters 1. Create authentic and...
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Mar.28.2010
I be needin' to share the cover of "Rum and Runestones," an anthology o' piracy and magic (Dragon Moon Press, 2010).  The editor, a clever lass, be Valerie Griswold-Ford.  For those of ye who know not, the tales in this anthology be: "Steer a Pale Course" by Gail Martin"...
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Mar.22.2010
Laurel Anne Hill's Schedule for RavenCon 2010 at the Holiday Inn Koger Center in Richmond, VA, April 9-11, is as follows: Friday, April 9 4 pm, Room E, Kill Them All-And Let the Reader Sort Them Out  How does one resolve the issues of the not so happy ending? Many times the kill them all kind of...
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Mar.17.2010
My niece, Anne Hill (Author of "What To Do When Dreams Go Bad"), sent me the following notice today.  If you are interested in dreams, read on! Thank you, Laurel Anne Hill, Author of "Heroes Arise," http://www.laurelannehill.com  ***** Creating a Dreaming Culture, Thurs. March...
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Mar.15.2010
In 2002, my husband and I spent the month of November in Paris.  Our dream vacation.  I was still recovering from a severe illness when I attended worship services at St. Sulpice, a church nearby our rented apartment.  I experienced more than I had anticipated that Sunday morning, and "...
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Mar.09.2010
Rum and Runestones, RavenCon, and Breathing New Life into your Writing:  Ahoy me hearties.  It be me pleasure to announce the launch of "Rum and Runestones: Magical Tales of Piracy" (Dragon Moon Press, 2010).  The tales in this anthology be: "Steer a Pale Course" by Gail Martin...
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Mar.03.2010
My grandmother opened the door of her two-room, Castro Street apartment.  We hugged each other in the entryway and exchanged the usual greetings.  Her jersey dress felt smooth against my arms.  I stepped inside her fragrant kitchen.  A concerned expression swept across her lined face.  She pointed...
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Mar.02.2010
I've done it, finally.  I've recorded Chapter One of my award-winning novel, "Heroes Arise" (KOMENAR Publishing, 2007).  "Heroes Arise" is set in an alternate world, a world with careful customs of vengeance.  The story is about breaking the cycle of vengeance, about reaching...
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Feb.19.2010
Whoo-hoo!  I'm signed up for Run-A-Steam-Locomotive, sponsored by the Golden Gate Railroad Museum.  And my husband, David, will join me in the engine cab of No. 2472 along the Niles Canyon Railway track.  I have three weeks to lose five pounds so I can fit into my old blue-and-white striped...