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Friends: Voices On The Gift Of Companionship

A book for and about Friends

Friends: Voices on the Gift of Companionship twenty-four true stories of friendship “An uplifing celebration of essays about the value of friendship” Midwest Book Review Give FRIENDS to say “I cherish you.” BUY TODAY ON AMAZON SHOP YOUR LOCAL INDIE BOOKSTORE Praise for ‘Friends: Voices on the Gift of Companionship’ International Review of Books “A …

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Death slows me down

When my Mom died, I didn’t snap as quickly as expected. I couldn’t concentrate and didn’t enjoy reading. That really slowed down the work for the Friendship Anthology. I’m feeling more myself and have difficult times rather than bad weeks or days. Look out readers. Look out writers. Look out world. Work on the Friendship …

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Friendship Anthology Update

UPDATE! Friends has now been published to rave reviews as a great read and a great gift for friends and is available for purchase : FRIENDS. Read more about the Friends anthology.  “A thoroughly enjoyable and heartfelt read! This is an invaluable book for anyone seeking insight and comprehension of the convoluted and often misunderstood …

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Swimming with V.S. Naipaul in ‘An Area of Darkness’

 I took V.S. Naipaul to the lake with me. I sat in a lawn chair with my feet in the water. The August day was warm, but I had a cool bottle of water and some cherries, cold and hard from the cooler. I wanted to relax, but my head was spinning. Naipaul writes with …

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Celebrating soft launch of ‘Corners: Voices on Change’ with a free eBook

Twenty-four authors will have you cheering, crying, and cussing about the difficult/miraculous journey of navigating change.  Corners: Voices on Change is offered as a free eBook until 6/4. Want to know more about the essays and authors?  One sentence isn’t a summary; its a tease. Karen Ackland can’t go home again, if home is a …

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The subtle and big promise of literary nonfiction

We are thinking about titling our new anthology of literary nonfiction, which collects essays with the theme of transformation and inclusion.  Some of the changes are big–death; some are impactful in less obvious ways–a shift in how we see the racial divides expressed in our family.  This is a literary collection, and we need to …

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Market your cookbook

 by Pamela White Are you imagining divine recipes, luscious photographs?  This is your first cookbook and you look forward to those big royalty checks. So what’s your marketing plan for this book? What are you doing to increase sales? New writers often think the publisher arranges for all publicity. Not true. As the writer, you …

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Calls for Submissions at Jack Walker Press

While our official entry period to our call for personal essays that expore  the theme transitions has ended, we have decided to extend the submission deadline to July 30 for our special friends and subscribers. You are a special friend if you have been personally invited or are a JWP reader.  We have many wonderful …

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