Shelagh Watkins's Blog
October 18, 2009
Susan Whitfield, author of three published novels, Genesis Beach, Just North of Luck and Hell Swamp, interviewed Shelagh Watkins on her blog on Monday 12th October:
Shelagh Watkins is writer, editor and publisher at Mandinam Press, and author of two books: Mr. Planemaker's Flying Machine and The Power of Persuasion. She set up the Children's Fiction group on LibraryThing, the Published Authors group on Goodreads, and the Published Authors Network group on LinkedIn. Shelagh also created the...
Shelagh Watkins is writer, editor and publisher at Mandinam Press, and author of two books: Mr. Planemaker's Flying Machine and The Power of Persuasion. She set up the Children's Fiction group on LibraryThing, the Published Authors group on Goodreads, and the Published Authors Network group on LinkedIn. Shelagh also created the...
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Published on October 18, 2009 04:59
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October 3, 2009
Abe F. March: Guest Author | Visual Arts Junction
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By Shelagh Watkins Today's guest, Abe March, has an interesting and varied background that led to the writing of his first book, To Beirut and Back.
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By Shelagh Watkins Today's guest, Abe March, has an interesting and varied background that led to the writing of his first book, To Beirut and Back.
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Published on October 03, 2009 06:29
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September 29, 2009
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Published on September 29, 2009 07:19
July 7, 2009
Today, I received this review of Mr. Planemaker's Flying Machine:
Fantasy is deftly combined with realism in this tale of two children, Emmelisa and Dell Planemaker. Science and metaphysics blend together as Dell and Emmelisa deal with troubles ranging from the tragic loss of their father to the agony of coping with school bullies. They begin to find solutions to these real problems when they happen upon their father's old computer, and, with the help of their mysterious family cat, Cosmos, find
Fantasy is deftly combined with realism in this tale of two children, Emmelisa and Dell Planemaker. Science and metaphysics blend together as Dell and Emmelisa deal with troubles ranging from the tragic loss of their father to the agony of coping with school bullies. They begin to find solutions to these real problems when they happen upon their father's old computer, and, with the help of their mysterious family cat, Cosmos, find
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Published on July 07, 2009 10:30
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April 9, 2009
Preston FM is about to serialise Mr. Planemaker's Flying Machine for the daily morning programme, Chat City.
The time: 8.20am every morning Monday to Friday
The place: Chat City on Preston FM
The starting date: May 11th 2009
5-8 min daily episodes will be repeated in an omnibus edition at 5pm each Sunday.
Listen live online on http://www.preston.fm/
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Published on April 09, 2009 16:05
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November 8, 2008
This collection of stories and poems, created by members of the Published Authors Forum on the world wide web, reflects the bond of friendship between writers from all over the world.
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Published on November 08, 2008 15:39
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This collection of stories and poems, created by members of the Published Authors Forum on the world wide web, reflects the bond of friendship between writers from all over the world.
read more | digg story
read more | digg story
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Published on November 08, 2008 15:39
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November 2, 2008
Anthology by members of the Published Authors Network and Forum
<p align="justify">The anthology is out at last! In May this year, members of the Published Authors Network and Forum came up with the idea of an anthology to celebrate friendship between writers on the world wide web. I edited the submissions and compiled the anthology, Forever Friends. <p align="justify">From the many submissions, I selected thirty-one short stories and twenty-nine poems from forty-seven contributors. The attraction of this collection of work lies in </p></p>
<p align="justify">The anthology is out at last! In May this year, members of the Published Authors Network and Forum came up with the idea of an anthology to celebrate friendship between writers on the world wide web. I edited the submissions and compiled the anthology, Forever Friends. <p align="justify">From the many submissions, I selected thirty-one short stories and twenty-nine poems from forty-seven contributors. The attraction of this collection of work lies in </p></p>
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Published on November 02, 2008 05:15
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June 12, 2008
The Power of Persuasion is on the list for Wales Book of the Year, an annual prize administered by the Welsh Academy:Yr Academi Gymreig – The Welsh Academy is the Welsh National Literature Promotion Agency and Society of Writers. The Academi runs events, courses, competitions (including the Cardiff International Poetry Competition run with the support of Cardiff Council and offering a first prize of £5000), conferences (see details of the forthcoming Belfast Meets Wales conference here), tours
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Published on June 12, 2008 00:44
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April 18, 2008
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Published on April 18, 2008 01:47
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