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  • Some can be wonderful, energizing and uplifting, but some can be snarky and in-crowd snobbish. To my shock and surprise after having such a great experience at Mendocino Coast Writer's...
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    ...ter's conference this month. Have you attended any writers conferences or retreats recently? If so, what are some of your takeaways? Did anything surprise you about the conference or t...
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  • Hi Ingrid - welcome!!!! Lovely to meet you ... I've been up to Stafford twice in the last month (once for a surprise visit to the World of Wedgwood - fabulous! - and then for a dear fr...

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    ...unexpected came up..And today she realised that one life of 60-70 years is never enough to understand this life..The life is full of surprises..Everytime a surprise came her way she was startled...

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  • ...e a book. Never thinking anything I wrote would be published, I figured a solid rejection letter would satisfy the woman who dared me. Imagine my surprise when my first book sold. It's...
  • ...ho didn't realize poetry didn't have to rhyme...isn't that something? We all have such expectations about what people "know" and then it's such a surprise to find out differently! Than...
  • ...and the pdf didn't.) I don't think I'll do that again. I also regularly check the Amazon sellers, who have discounted copies of your books. To my surprise, one of them was a book I'd s...