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July 20, 2017

Grand Marais Art Colony memoir workshop, 2017

For the second year in a row, I taught a memoir workshop at the Grand Marais Art Colony. Grand Marais …

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Published on July 20, 2017 07:52

July 11, 2017

Some wise words of advice regarding memoir

Photo Credit: Wiebke Flickr via Compfight cc I’m prepping for my beginning memoir class at The Loft Literary Center (6-8 …

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Published on July 11, 2017 07:01

July 10, 2017

One word that can cause a lot of harm

Photo Credit: Anderson’s All-Purpose Flickr via Compfight cc I hate this word. It’s a word that sets us up for …

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Published on July 10, 2017 06:01

June 23, 2017

4 reasons to take my memoir workshop in Grand Marais July 15-16

You totally want to be here, right? This is a completely awesome place on earth to write for a weekend. …

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Published on June 23, 2017 14:49

June 13, 2017

My latest obsession: “Alice”

Ah, Logo TV. The network feeds my sitcom addiction. A couple of months ago the network started airing reruns of …

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Published on June 13, 2017 13:51

May 23, 2017

What was the name of that YA series??

For years and years, I could not remember the name of the book series I enjoyed so much as a …

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Published on May 23, 2017 06:08

May 3, 2017

Writing about peace

I’m honored to be part of this “Folios” edition of the journal War, Literature & the Arts. My friend, Jesse Goolsby, edited …

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Published on May 03, 2017 11:49

April 3, 2017

A short excerpt from my manuscript on Camilla Hall and the SLA

I don’t often post works-in-progress here, but I do get a lot of questions regarding what I’m working on now. …

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Published on April 03, 2017 05:29

March 14, 2017

Mankato’s writing talent

Mankato is home to three 2017 Minnesota Book Award finalists, who all appeared March 9 at the local Barnes and …

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Published on March 14, 2017 06:14

March 9, 2017

They exist: Strong female characters in young adult and children’s books

Watch this video: The Ugly Truth of Children’s Books In this video, a mother and daughter remove books from a shelf. …

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Published on March 09, 2017 08:29