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Mary Burton's Buns for Valentine's Day!

Valentine’s Day Sweet Buns

I love to have these for my sweetie on Valentine’s Day. I make up the dough in my bread maker, assemble the buns the night…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on February 13, 2009 at 3:32am — No Comments

Author Interview With Sandi Kahn Shelton

My name is Sandi Kahn Shelton, and I’m the author of three novels—Kissing Games of the World, A Piece of Normal, and What Comes After Crazy, all published by Shaye Areheart books, a division of Crown, which is a division of Random House. I’ve also written three non-fiction humor books about parenting and family life and lots of newspaper and magazine articles. I wrote a…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on January 19, 2009 at 8:49am — No Comments

Author Interview with Jenny McGill

In 1973 my husband and I moved from Dallas, Texas to the sleepy fishing village of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. It didn’t sleep very long because the world had already discovered the beauty and charm of the place through John Huston’s film, Night of the Iguana, produced in 1964. Reporters…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on December 15, 2008 at 2:39pm — No Comments

Author Interview with Steven Verrier

I’ve been writing seriously since I was a teenager … first songs, and then I got hooked on prose while attending university … thanks in part to one of the greatest teachers I ever had, Prof. Frank Ledwell of the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada, who mentored innumerable young writers during his distinguished…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on December 11, 2008 at 3:35pm — No Comments

Author Interview with Dianne Ascroft

Dianne Ascroft Mini Biography:…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on December 11, 2008 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Unbridled Cowboy

Summary:

Unbridled Cowboy is a riveting firsthand account of a defiant hell-raiser in the wild and tumultuous…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on December 4, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments

Author Interview with Morgan Leshay

Morgan Leshay, a Georgia native, resides in the North Georgia mountains - with her husband, six kids, and a chihuahua named "Pocket". When not otherwise engaged in generating new and exciting romance novel concepts she spends her time catching up mountains of housework neglected while writing!

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Okay, that just sounds stuffy, don't it? Who am I… Continue

Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on October 27, 2008 at 5:30am — No Comments

It's NaNoWriMo Time!

Every year in October, while everyone else is out celebrating Halloween or working on parties or getting ready for Thanksgiving, I am at home getting myself prepared for the NaNoWriMo Challenge in November. That link will show you how to prepare for NaNoWriMo, but let me tell you a little bit about what NaNo is.

Na - National

No - Novel

Wri - Writing

Mo -… Continue

Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on October 6, 2008 at 7:28am — No Comments

Author Interview: Dr. J. R. Paine, D.Sc. & Dr. S. N. Gupta, Ph.D.

“Dear God, Let Me Lose Fat, Amen”

by Dr. J. R. Paine, D.Sc. & Dr. S. N. Gupta, Ph.D. Excerpt:

Dear God, Let Me Lose Fat,…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on September 18, 2008 at 5:39am — No Comments

Interview with Author Amir Makin

Amir Makin

A Worthy Muslim www.unworthymuslim.com

Amir Makin found Al Islam on an unexpected yet fruitful journey to Africa. Having always been intrigued with issues of the oppressed masses, he…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on September 15, 2008 at 12:36pm — No Comments

Interview with Author Shobhan Bantwal

Mini Bio for Shobhan Bantwal:

I was born and raised in India and came to the U.S. as a young arranged-marriage bride 34 years ago. I have embraced American culture and the U.S. has been my home all my adult life. Arranged marriage is an exotic and odd concept for most Americans, but in my culture it is the norm.… Continue

Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on September 9, 2008 at 3:14pm — No Comments

Author Interview with Eliezer Sobel

In tenth grade I took a book out of the library entitled How To Develop a Million-Dollar Personality, and that was the beginning of what would become a 30-year obsession to try and fix whatever I thought was wrong with me. I embarked on a lifelong quest for answers, looking for God in all the wrong places and some of the right ones, in…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on August 22, 2008 at 12:20am — No Comments

Author Interview with Paul Kiritsis

Paul Kiritsis Bio:

I was born in Melbourne, Australia to Greek migrants in 1979 and together with my younger brother who is five years my junior, was reared in a somewhat overprotective environment by my grandmother since both my parents worked full time. I quite freely admit I was spoilt from…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on August 21, 2008 at 3:04am — No Comments

Author Interview with Stacy G. Anderson

It's rare today to find an author who does nothing but write for a living. Do you have a 'real' job other than writing, and if so, what is it? What are some other jobs you've had in your life?

Stacy Anderson:…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on August 15, 2008 at 5:58am — No Comments

Accentuate Contest Update and Information on Anthology

Okay, the history of how it came to be... a couple of people in the Accentuate Writers forum wanted a means to have some of the regulars there on the board to do a compilation of short stories and writings from those on the board. I know contests can sometimes bring out the competitive best in folks, so I combined the two and the concept of a short story contest that resulted in a compilation of published shorts was born.

The… Continue

Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on August 14, 2008 at 6:01pm — No Comments

Interview with Author Suzanne Woods Fisher

Suzanne Woods Fisher’s just-released historical novel Copper Fire, is the sequel to the three-time award-winning Copper Star, a World War II love story inspired by true events. Fisher was a contributing editor to Christian Parenting Today magazine. Her work has appeared in Today’s Christian Woman, Worldwide Challenge, ParentLife, and Marriage…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on August 14, 2008 at 11:53am — No Comments

Interview with Author Lee Silver

Lee Silver Author Mini-bio: Thank you for inviting me, Michy!

I’m a southern gal now but grew up in the rolling farmland outside of historic Valley Forge, PA. We’re going on 16 wonderful years of happily ever after. We live in an old Victorian we restored on the Chesapeake Bay and spend the…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on August 3, 2008 at 4:46pm — No Comments

Interview with Karen Quinn, Author of Holly Would Dream and The Ivy Chronicles

It's rare today to find an author who does nothing but write for a living. Do you have a 'real' job other than writing, and if so, what is it? What are some other jobs you've had in your life?…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on July 15, 2008 at 5:30am — No Comments

Accentuate Writers Third Short Story Anthology Contest

I'm going to do a little something different for the next contest and merge July and August together - and up the prize to $100 for the winner, $25 for second place and $15 for third. The rules are different too - read them closely!

If you want to see the finalists from the second contest click here.

To see the winners of the first contest,… Continue

Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on July 11, 2008 at 8:19pm — No Comments

June Contest Winners

Okay.... as of little while ago, I received word from the last judge and rather than torture everyone and make them wait until tomorrow, I am going to announce the June anthology contest winners tonight.

It was close. Second and third place were so close together I wasn't sure which direction the judges would go - and apparently they weren't either. You'll see in a minute.

In fact, the person who ended up in fourth was sooooo close to making it too that it came down to… Continue

Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on July 11, 2008 at 8:04pm — No Comments