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Morgan Tarpley Smith

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Split Time Fiction, Historical Fiction, Christian

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Author Morgan Tarpley Smith is a world traveler who weaves stories of history and heart. She loves to write inspirational fiction that transports readers to faraway places and intertwines past and present to explore questions of truth and faith.

Her debut novella releases this fall with Barbour. She is the founder of A Split in Time Fiction Group on Facebook for lovers of split time novels and its companion group on Goodreads >> https://rb.gy/ahzyvr

She is an award-winning journalist who works as a freelance writer and author assistant and lives in Louisiana with her husband and son. For more information, visit www.morgantarpleysmith.com

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	A Split in Time: How to Write Dual Timeline, Split Time, and Time-Slip Fiction by Melanie Dobson (Goodreads Author), Morgan Tarpley Smith (Goodreads Author) 4.48 avg rating — 29 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Split in Time Companion Workbook: How to Write Dual Timeline, Split Time, and Time-Slip Fiction by Morgan Tarpley Smith (Goodreads Author), Melanie Dobson (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Louisiana Christmas to Remember: Three heartwarming, interconnected stories of faith, love, and restoration by Morgan Tarpley Smith (Goodreads Author), Betsy St. Amant (Goodreads Author), Lenora Worth (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Louisiana Christmas to Remember: Three Heartwarming, Interconnected Stories of Faith, Love, and Restoration by Morgan Tarpley Smith (Goodreads Author), Betsy St. Amant (Goodreads Author), Lenora Worth (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Of the Past and Eternity

by Carole Lehr Johnson (Goodreads Author)

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The Courier of Caswell Hall

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What I Would Tell You

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“Perhaps time is an inconsistent healer, but God can purge even the most painful memories.”
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“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,
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And in its place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the wall.
Then fill the shelves with lots of books.”
― Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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“No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.”
― Elizabeth Peters

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“I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

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