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April 2010 Blog Posts (9)

AM I A WRITER?

Last week at my writing group, one of the aspiring authors had a bit of a breakdown. She suffered from what all writers eventually go through. Her faith in her abilities was shaken, the struggle to get her story on paper seemed overwhelming, and the awful question loomed: Am I really a writer?

This rite of passage is crucial. Writing a book initially seems like fun. The potential novelist thinks, “Oh, I have stories to tell, I have a great imagination, I got an 'A' in English class… Continue

Added by Sunny Frazier on April 30, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

A Kiss of Life - Brian L. Porter, Author

Kiss of Life – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on April 25, 2010 at 4:14pm — No Comments

Stop Me - Richard Jay Parker, Author

Stop Me – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat

On Monday, November 12^th, 2007, Leo Sharpe received an email.

Howdy doody.

On vacation in the uk

Slim,…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on April 23, 2010 at 3:26pm — No Comments

And Murder for Dessert- Kathleen Delaney, Author

And Murder for Dessert – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat

Ellen’s plans for her day sound relaxing. ‘I had decided that Tuesday

morning was mine. Mark, who…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on April 20, 2010 at 4:17pm — No Comments

Healer's Fate - Beth Caudill, Author

Healer’s Fate – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat

‘Liam couldn’t watch the ceremony that would mate Corliss to someone else. He could’ve challenged for her, but that meant fighting his father – the ruling

wolf, who was neither a tyrant nor senile. Both of them in their prime,

a fight would have ended in one of their deaths, and he…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on April 15, 2010 at 3:56pm — No Comments

Pestilence - Brian L. Porter, Author

‘It took Hilary less than five minutes to drive the half mile to her home. During those minutes she reflected on the state of her latest patient. That David Bradley was ill she was in no doubt about. That it was influenza she was reasonably sure about, though she had a terrible feeling that she might be witnessing the manifestation of a new strain of the killer bug. Influenza had been responsible for millions of deaths throughout the history… Continue

Added by Martha A. Cheves on April 9, 2010 at 3:51pm — No Comments

A Bloody Good Cruise - Diana Rubino, Author

A Bloody Good Cruise – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat

‘Mona knew Quintus was planning on popping the question to Tessie on this cruise. She was thrilled for her friend, but felt a tinge of envy. She could be entering eternal bliss with Fausto

if she wasn’t so skittish about…certain things. Tessie had her

cigarillo…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on April 6, 2010 at 11:59am — No Comments