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Gabi Coatsworth was born in Britain but has spent most of her life trying to figure out how America works by living there. So, if you find a British flavor in her books, don’t be surprised.
Her memoir, Love's Journey Home, was published in May 2022, by Atmosphere Press, and her debut women’s fiction novel, A Beginner's Guide to Starting Over will be out in April 2023.
Unlike many writers, she can’t write in coffee shops because they’re too distracting, and she only drinks coffee as a last resort.
She lives in Connecticut in a cottage that’s American on the outside, and English inside. If she’s not writing or traveling, she’ll be in her flower garden, wondering whether to weed, and holding a cup of her preferred beverage, strong English Brea ...more

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	Love's Journey Home 4.75 avg rating — 91 ratings — 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
	When to Now: A Time Travel Anthology by Alison McBain (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cynthia C. Scott, Edward Ahern (Goodreads Author) 4.77 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Imagining Monsters: A Collection of Short Stories Inspired by Frankenstein by Alison McBain (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alex Giannini, Cody Daigle-Orians 4.50 avg rating — 14 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
	Tangerine Tango: Women Writers Share Slices of Life really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	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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	Tangerine Tango: Women Writers Share Slices of Life by Lisa K. Winkler, Donna K. Barry (Contributor), Stacey E. Caron (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	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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Writers Rendezvous – January update Part 2

Welcome to the second part of the January update for writers. It includes some workshops and contests, with the deadlines for entering. Westport Writers Workshop continues to offer several onetime workshops, including many free options. For screenwriters, they have added a handful of new opportunities, from a free table read on January 28 with one of their students, to a pitch party...

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I would have given this audiobook 5 stars based solely on the reading by Derek Jacobi, which was fantastic, as you might expect. The actual diary is interesting, well-written and paints a very real picture of life in an old folks home in Holland. I s ...more
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An intriguing premise, brought to life by author and poet Alison McBain. Set in 1751, the book imagines an America where Native Americans are still the main inhabitants. And a culture supplied by slaves from China. Spanish missionaries are bent on co ...more
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I loved this seasonal story, read by the author. A little reminiscent of David Sedaris’ Santaland Diaries, but this book reads like a true memoir. The narrator’s voice, that of a fifth grader, is completely authentic, and while it might be useful to ...more
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“Giving up is always an option, but not always a failure.”
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tags: failing, give-up, quit, smart

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“I didn’t want anybody seeing my fire until I burned them with it.”
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tags: fire, intensity, passion

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“The storm before the calm.”
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“In other words, I tasted a different drug. A drug called progress.”
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tags: drug, progress

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“It was evening and would be when I woke. No matter. From the maple tree the Red-tail spoke.”
― Cameron Conaway, Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet

tags: life-goes-on

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