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Oct.01.2011 - 8:36 pm
Stepping Over the Color Line in 1965
A few weeks ago I received a warm welcome to Red Room from Lillian Lincoln Lambert, whose memoire The Road to Someplace Better chronicles her journey to becoming the first African...
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Sep.20.2011 - 7:57 am
Book cover idea for The Last Dream-Hunter
I created this "poster" as an assignment for a screenwriting class.  My novel in progress started as a screenplay, written back in the 90s.  Then I turned it into a...
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Sep.16.2011 - 1:19 pm
I'm on a roll...
...just updated my novel website.  Visit it to find updates about my novel in progress...The Last Dream-Hunter
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Sep.16.2011 - 11:07 am
Novel in progress...The Last Dream Hunter
The creative juices are flowing again.  I find myself writing 3-4 hours a day, sometimes more, as I prepare for a five-day writing workshop at Fort Mason in the City in...
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Article: Stepping Over the Color Line in 1965
Poem: About I's and Eyes
Poem: Sitting in Two Dimensions

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Oct.20.2011 - 8:52 pm
In response to: Novel in progress...The Last Dream Hunter
The Last Dream-Hunter...logline and jacket blurb
The purpose of my upcoming workshop is to create marketing elements that will be successful in the current marketplace...
Oct.13.2011 - 9:36 pm
In response to: Novel in progress...The Last Dream Hunter
Day Two Algonkian Workshop
The Algonkian Workshop led by Michael Neff is turning out fabulous.  New pitch, new focus, and even a new title...
Oct.04.2011 - 8:18 am
In response to: Stepping Over the Color Line in 1965
Footnote on Carolyn Heilbrun
...just realized that she took her life on the day of my sixtieth birthday.
Oct.04.2011 - 8:15 am
In response to: Stepping Over the Color Line in 1965
Carolyn Heilbrun
Thank you Dolores for mentioning Carolyn Heilbrun.  I hadn't heard of her and was very interested to read more...
Jul.27.2011 - 8:02 am
In response to: 5: Birthday Cake and Baby Teeth
Very touching story...
...and so well written. I can relate to the push and pull of feelings toward an absent parent. Loved your line..."...
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About Karen

Karen Stephen is a retired psychologist and now can devote more than the spare moments to writing.  She published a novel in 2005 called Degrees of Obsession, a suspense story of a 50-year-old woman whose unresolved feelings toward a college flame lead her...
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Causes Karen Stephen Supports

International Justice Mission, Kiva, Lutheran World Relief