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From Mary Yukari Waters: I remember my childhood ballet teacher saying that an audience should never see you strain because it kills the magic; you should always hide it in order to maintain the illu…

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She Writes Best Books of 2009

Here are my top ten; funny, they're all by women. The Year of the Flood, Margaret Atwood The Pattern in the Carpet, Margaret Drabble The Lacuna: An Novel, Barbara Kingsolver Bright-sided: How the rel…

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From Mary Yukari Waters: I remember my childhood ballet teacher saying that an audience should never see you strain because it kills the magic; you should always hide it in order to maintain the illusion of effortlessness. I think this is also true…
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Thanks for writing this. I enjoyed thinking about my top ten books; I don't often divide books into year of publication groups, so it was interesting. There are so many outstanding books that aren't even on PW's individual category top tens, which d…
November 11, 2009
Here are my top ten; funny, they're all by women. The Year of the Flood, Margaret Atwood The Pattern in the Carpet, Margaret Drabble The Lacuna: An Novel, Barbara Kingsolver Bright-sided: How the relentless promotion of positive thinking has undermi…
November 11, 2009
Enjoy writing and interacting with women and want to help raise consciousness, as we used to say.
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If you have a website, blog, or twitter handle, please enter these below.
www.lauralmayshoopes.com
www.westcoastwriters.blogspot.com
What media outlets, if any, do you currently write for?
AWIS Magazine (Assoc for Women in Science)
Which of the following genres best describe your work?
Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir
Do you review books, television or film?
books on women in science, sometimes
Are you currently part of a writers' group or a writers' salon?
Yes, Memoir Cafe II, KW Group Critique, Oxy Writers' Connection
Do you have any professional associations?
California Writers' Club (Inland Empire chapter, president and newsletter editor)
SCBWI

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At 10:52pm on December 8, 2009, Lisa DeLong said…
Hi Laura,
Nice to see you here.
lisa
At 8:02pm on November 9, 2009, Priscilla Maxine McGee Price said…
Welcome to she writes, check out some of the great groups here.God Bless you
At 7:00pm on November 9, 2009, Sandy Ackers said…
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Welcome to She Writes, Laura!

I’ve been a member of this network since its creation, and have connected with many talented, inspiring women here. You’ll find plenty of terrific resources, along with dozens of groups based on shared interests in specific areas of writing, geographical location and other criteria. There’s also a She Writes blog, where any member can add a post.

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