Real Life Is Stranger

Novel Writing: It’s Not an Olympic Sport but It Should Be

I know nothing about skiing. I figure if God had wanted me to careen down a mountain at a gazillion miles an hour, I would have been born with really long feet. But I do...

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Loree's Lough Down

To Outline Or Not?

So the Christmas decorations are stored away and the mini Valentine’s Day flag is flying on my front porch, and I’m still writing 2009 on my checks. Sheesh. My biggest complaint this time of year is directed at Mother Nature: Choose a season and stick with it, ya loony ol’ bat, cuz ...

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Made For Movies

When Crickets Cry

harles Martin spins another powerful tale from the heart—both literally and figuratively—in this romantic tearjerker reminiscent of a subdued Nicolas Sparks story. In When Crickets Cry, Reese, a mysterious man with a hidden past, stumbles upon Annie, a charming eight-year-old little girl, in the sleepy, Southern town of Clayton, Georgia.

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