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Oct.23.2011
A DOUBLE-EDGED BLESSING
Like so many things now days, it began with a message on my Face Book page. Film maker, Brian Alexander, had read Love in the Balance, a book in which I fictionalized the murders of Susan Pittmann and Christine Puckett, and he wanted to...
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Jul.05.2011
BIO
Sally Bellerose’s book The Girls Club won the Bywater Prize and is forthcoming from Bywater Books In September. Bellerose was awarded a Fellowship in Literature from the National Endowment for the Arts based on an excerpt from this book. The first chapter won first place in fiction from...
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Jun.21.2011
Secret Agents, Spies and Miss Pussy Galore
I spend my life in a world of fiction, making things up and writing them down so others can share the wild action-filled places of my imagination. For years – or the three books of my Kit O’Malley Mysteries – I spent quality fictional time with Melbourne...
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May.30.2011
I am thrilled to introduce a very talented author, Stella Duffy, as my guest this week.
Here's Stella:
I’ve written twelve novels (including the five novels of the mystery series featuring lesbian PI Saz Martin, Mouths of Babes is also published by Bywater), more than forty short stories, eight...
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May.16.2011
Georgia's latest book is Starting From Scratch, and I am pleased to welcome her to my blog, and to have her share some thoughts on the writing life. She is a fun and talented woman, so do enjoy.
Things I've Learned as a Writer
Having just celebrated a birthday – and unfortunately, the numbers are...
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May.02.2011
Bett Norris, born and raised in Alabama a few short miles from the place where Harper Lee did the same, followed in the footsteps of her idol and inspiration by attending the University of Alabama, somehow managing to graduate with a degree in history and a burning desire to write. Real life...
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Apr.19.2011
I am so pleased to introduce this talented writer. Jill Malone is the author of Red Audrey and the Roping, and Lambda Literary Award winner, Field Guide to Deception, both published by Bywater Books. Her next book, Giraffe People, is scheduled for release by Bywater Books in 2012.
I am always...
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Mar.15.2011
Indelible Heart will be released in May 2011.
Indelible Heart is the inspiring sequel to the best-selling Love in the Balance.
Connie, Kasey, and Sharon each put their doubts to one side and work together to get justice. But is Connie strong enough to face her fear and stay with Kasey after the...
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Oct.27.2010
(Originally posted on Women and Words.)
On my watch as a public school teacher I lost a student to suicide. He was there every day - strong and healthy, good-looking and smart - just needing to know, wanting support, a little advice. Courteous, sweet, any parent's joy. A day later he was gone. Put...
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About Marianne
A graduate of Eastern Michigan University, Ms Martin taught in the Michigan public school system for twenty-five years, has worked as a photo-journalist, a photographer, and coached both high school and collegiate teams as well as amateur ASA teams. Her...
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Causes Marianne Martin Supports
HRC, Michigan Equality, Gay & Lesbian Task Force, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, ASPCA, HSUS
Marianne’s Favorite Books
To Kill A Mockingbird, Fried Green Tomatoes, Deloris Claiborne,Little Women,Silence of the Lambs, really too many to list.