Tag: books
member name: Gretchen Lee Bourquin
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May 03, 2007 07:22 AM EDT --
The jury seems conflicted on this. I put my heart and soul into my novel, carried my characters in the pockets of my brain for years. As my manuscript sits in a file, I miss them. I wrote the novel online-- . . .
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May 02, 2009 12:26 PM EDT --
Early last week as I was working on my new book, Almighty Whispers in Our Souls , the prequel to No Sensible People , I started to get one of those emotional kicks in the stomach from a character I . . .
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February 21, 2009 12:46 PM EST --
Yes, I have been elusive in my blogging for a while now, as I've been trying to get a rhythm going with a little more "practical" writing, on eHow and now Associated Content . . .
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March 04, 2009 08:15 AM EST --
Yes, I know. It sounds too good to be true. But if you live in the continental US, you can receive, via mail, a copy of No Sensible People. Once you write a short review on Gather -- and if you're . . .
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November 20, 2008 07:46 AM EST --
I'm posting this to invite everyone who has a book (or more) out there a place to post their title and their website. Here's mine:
The Long and Short of It - (poetry) 1st edition $6.97 print; . . .
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April 18, 2009 12:58 PM EDT --
This coming Monday, I will be heading to Marshall, MN to Southwest Minnesota State University to celebrate the life of one of my writing mentors, Bill Holm who passed away in February. I have spent more . . .
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December 20, 2008 02:04 PM EST --
Have you ever watched a baby wriggling on a blanket on the floor? Maybe there is a toy a few feet away. Maybe it is just the end of the blanket. But whatever it is, they do not see the limitations. Few . . .
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August 14, 2008 02:32 PM EDT --
When I first heard of Rhetta Akamatsu’s new book T'aint Nobody’s Business If I Do: Women Blues Singers Old and New I was intrigued. The book chronicles the lives and struggles of the great female . . .
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August 24, 2008 03:48 PM EDT --
Did you write a book? Have a longer story that isn't getting the reads you want? Give us the first paragraph and a link. Can You hook us into reading more?
This is inspired by Aaron LaZaar's . . .
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December 16, 2008 02:42 PM EST --
I just noticed that the second edition of No Sensible People (the one with the cover designed by my son, that's my icon right now) is available on Amazon.com, under ISBN 978-0557023189. It's . . .
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July 12, 2008 10:41 AM EDT --
this blog is also available on www.gretchenleebourquin.com/blog
My head is spinning as I try to think of ways to promote my novel No Sensible People , my poetry collection The Long and Short . . .
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November 15, 2008 09:55 AM EST --
Last Tuesday I enjoyed the privilege of hearing Garrison Keillor talk about some of the events in his youth that led him to become a writer. The event was part of The Friends of the Minneapolis Public . . .
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February 25, 2008 06:34 AM EST --
Last week, after thinking long and hard a pressed a button on my keyboard that withdrew me from the Bachelor's degree business program I was enrolled in. I had been behind in my class, and was really . . .
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March 03, 2009 08:12 PM EST --
I want to send my book on tour and I need your help. I don't currently have the time or resources to go with my book on tour, so my "baby" will be heading out on it's own via . . .
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December 02, 2008 06:47 AM EST --
Yesterday I discovered a great little website that offers classics audio and ebooks for free. I downloaded A Christmas Carol, which I haven't read in years, and I will probably download more and put . . .
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June 03, 2007 10:00 PM EDT --
If you think you've read a book like this before, you probably have. Me & Emma is set in rural North Carolina and narrated by an abused and neglected eight year old girl named Carrie. The back . . .
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May 14, 2007 06:42 AM EDT --
A couple weeks ago I made the decision to start self-publishing and wrote an article here on Gather. The support was wonderful. Mainly, I have a novel with characters screaming to get on in the world that . . .
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July 21, 2008 05:49 PM EDT --
Depending on who you go with, requirements of a self-published contract can vary quite a bit. Your book is your baby, and you want at least a chance at a profit. You also want readers, so pricing can . . .
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August 03, 2008 01:11 PM EDT --
The return of the infamous journalist Trisha DuTell. The following is a fictitious interview conducted by a fictious journalist Trisha DuTell. Trisha aims to interview as many of the characters in . . .
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August 09, 2008 01:55 PM EDT --
The following is a fictitious interview conducted by a fictious journalist Trisha DuTell. In her final interview of a three part series Trisha talks to Stuart Cartwright, Lucy's best friend . . .
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