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Melinda McGuire
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What happens when you want to change directions with your creative endeavors?
Do you use a ?
What if you are a photographer? A recording artist? A painter, a sculpter?
Do you try to take your current audience with you, even if the new endeavors are nothing like your old ones?
Do you start over? Start fresh?
Filed under: Writing Tagged: artists, arts, creative endeavors, creative ideas, creativity, m... Read more of this blog post »
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Josephine: Red Dirt and Whiskey
— published 2011 — 2 editions |
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Nelson and Cora - The Beginning (#1)
— published 2012 — 2 editions |
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When I Met Crazy in the Morning: Mae's Tale
— published 2011 |
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Rich Fabric - an Anthology: The Tradition, Symbolism and Culture of Quilting
— published 2012 |
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I am in the beginning stages of putting together the second volume of the Rich Fabric anthology. If you or anyone you know has a story, po...more " |
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"I will second (and third) those who have mentioned Pelican Brief, A Time to Kill, and The Firm. I quit reading him after The Rainmaker, but I picked h...more
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I really loved this book. I picked it up because the title intrigued me and it seemed like a short easy read, which it was. I found myself surprised by the richness of it all. I didn't think that you could feel so connected to so many characters i...
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Part of Oprah's book club... and now I know why. Concise, provacative, and sassy. I really enjoyed it and read in in just a couple days. I plan on reading more of her books. Does contain some 'farmer language.' This is the kind of book that makes...
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I'd begun reading this ages ago. started over during the days my own mother was dying, reading next to her, and then not touching the book again until several days after she passed. finished last night, not two weeks after losing her, and not a y... " Read more of this review » |
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“Memory is a snare, pure and simple; it alters, it subtly rearranges the past to fit the present.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa
― Mario Vargas Llosa
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