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Tricia L. McDonald

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in Muskegon, The United States

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Mystery & Thrillers, Humor, Nonfiction

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July 2010

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Tricia L. McDonald is no stranger to writing. As a writing coach, Tricia works one-on-one with writers to hone their writing skills, edits manuscripts, facilitates writing groups, and helps writers prepare their manuscripts for publication.

She is an internationally published author, a public speaker and writing coach who lives and writes in West Michigan. On a volunteer basis, Tricia teaches writing classes to senior citizens at Four Pointes Center for Successful Aging in her hometown in West Michigan.

Tricia's latest book (2020) is a middle-grade fiction book title The Sally Squad: Pals to the Rescue. Her Life With Sally series: Little White Dog Tails, Still Spinnin' Tails, Waggin’ More Tails, and Princess Tails are compilations of storie ...more

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	Life With Sally: Little White Dog Tails (Life With Sally, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Quit Whining Start Writing: A Novelist's Guide to Writing 4.17 avg rating — 12 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
	Life With Sally: Still Spinnin' Tails by Tricia L. McDonald (Goodreads Author), Jacob Kubon (Photographer) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Celebrating Animal Rescue - Stories that give hope and renew our humanity. by Janet Vormittag (Goodreads Author), Tricia L. McDonald (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
	Life With Sally: Princess Tails 3.50 avg rating — 2 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
	Life With Sally: Waggin' More Tails by Tricia L. McDonald (Goodreads Author), Jacob Kubon (Photographer) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	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
	The Sally Squad: Pals to the Rescue by Tricia L. McDonald (Goodreads Author), Jacob Kubon, Jake Wellever (Illustrator) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	A Mind A Will A Way - The Story of John P. Harvey 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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	Life With Sally - Waggin' More Tails by Tricia L. McDonald (2013-01-01) 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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With Thanksgiving just around the bend, it is fitting to somehow connect our writing activities with the holiday. So here we go ...

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Write about a turkey. Could be the turkey bird, or someone you consider a turkey. Have fun!
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"Michel, quit hitting your sister with that turkey drumstick."
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What happens with your writing when the holidays come on the scene? Does your writin Read more of this blog post »

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