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K.M. Weiland

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K.M. Weiland writes historical and speculative fiction from her home in the sandhills of western Nebraska. She enjoys mentoring other authors through her blog Wordplay: Helping Writers Become Authors (http://wordplay-kmweiland.blogspot.com).





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Outlining Your Novel: Map Y...
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Behold the Dawn
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A Man Called Outlaw
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One More Ride in the Rain
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The Saddle Daddy Rode
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The Memory Lights
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I have long used the authors' fabulous blog The Bookshelf Muse ([...]) as a go-to source for on-the-spot inspiration whenever I need a unique synonym. When I heard they were compiling their wisdom into a book, I was thrilled! This is a one-of-a-kind...more
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"If you write, you're a writer, so claim the title" has long been one of the mantras I'm intent on sharing with other writers, so, of course, I was immediately on board with the primary of message of Jeff Goins's empowering little book. The first hal...more
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The Love of the Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Fitzgerald himself said that this book's closet comparison, from among all his other works, was The Great Gatsby, and that is definitely my impression as well. Although incomplete, it offers a lightness and (despite its ultimately tragic subject matt...more
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The Light of Eidon by Karen Hancock
The Light of Eidon
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I honestly didn't go into this book with high expectations. I basically quit reading "faith-based" fiction years ago because I always ended up being disappointed. This one surprised me though. After a slow and occasionally rambling start, it presents...more
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This is a brilliant and bountiful poetry collection. Its very variety, of course, means it can't help but be a bit uneven (subjectively so), but, all in all, it's been a tremendous pleasure. I spent the last year and a half reading one poem a day, an...more
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My Emily by Matt  Patterson
My Emily
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This touching story of a family's love and loss of their Down Syndrome daughter to a leukemia is written in a stripped-down, no-frills fashion that allows the author to speak of his pain, loss, and eventual healing with an honesty and passion that re...more
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