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Gloria Zachgo

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It’s a natural for Gloria Zachgo to write stories with Kansas settings. She grew up on a farm in Lincoln County, where she attended one of the last one-room schoolhouses in the country. After graduating from Brown Mackie Business School, she married her high school sweetheart.
Living out of state for several years, Gloria and her husband moved back to their Kansas roots. While their children were young, she ran a small business out of their home. It was when her children left the nest, that she pursued a lifelong dream and took various art lessons.
Always wanting to learn new things she joined a creative writing group in 2006, and soon found she had a passion for writing fictional short stories. One particular short story was written on the ...more

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	The Rocking Horse 3.95 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2011 — 3 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
	Never Waste Tears 4.31 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2014 — 4 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
	HUSH GIRL : It's Only a Dream 4.23 avg rating — 47 ratings — 4 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
	Never Waste Dreams 4.72 avg rating — 18 ratings — 5 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
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Sunday, Ron and I traveled to the area where we were raised in rural Kansas. The countryside changes a little every time we journey back to our roots. Even though I’ve traveled that route many times, I am amazed at those changes.
Contrary to the Kansas reputation of being nothing but flatlands, traveling west on I-70 paints a different picture. As we sped along one of the mo Read more of this blog post »

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The Direction of the Wind

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Gloria Zachgo wrote a new blog post a day of remembering SOMEWHERE IN KANSASSunday, Ron and I traveled to the area where we were raised in rural Kansas. The countryside changes a little every time we journ Read more of this blog post »
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West With Giraffes is a well-written story that made me feel as though I knew the characters in person--including two loveable giraffes. Also included was the history of some very difficult years. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves anima ...more
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Gloria Zachgo and 10 other people liked Jennifer Tomaselli's review of Plainsong (Plainsong, #1): "There were several things that bothered me about this book so much so that I had to force myself to read it in its entirety. First, there wasn’t any punctuation when people were speaking. I’m not sure why some writers choose not to use quotes, but it" Read more of this review »
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Gloria Zachgo and 4 other people liked Mary's review of Plainsong (Plainsong, #1): "This book drove me nuts. No punctuation. Just lines and sentences of conversations. I almost stopped at the first page. But I kind of got used to it. There's a beautiful story here, although hidden inside the cruelties of life. I skimmed over some re" Read more of this review »
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I wanted to give this book a 5-star rating because I loved the story. I laughed out loud at the bachelor brothers. My heart went out to Victoria. But I chose only a 3-star rating because I wanted to see quotation marks when people spoke. Yes, it both ...more
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