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The Writing Life

2/1/2022

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February looks like it is holding a lot of literary moments for me. I have a new Frannie Shoemaker book coming out February 10 and preorders are rolling in, more than for any of my previous books.

It has been a challenge to write. Frannie and Larry take a camphosting job in an Iowa Park in May 2020. The parks at that time were experimenting with reopening the campgrounds in a safe manner with a number of COVID protocols in place. My Beta readers were extremely helpful. Two have camphosting experience, one is a diehard camper, one also writes mysteries but also spent five months as a contact tracer at the beginning of the pandemic, and one is a retired librarian. I know how to pick 'em. So I am in the process of formatting the ebook for upload next weekend and then will tackle the paperback.


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Friday, our young local author, Chuy Renteria, will be doing a book signing for his new, highly acclaimed memoir, We Heard It When We Were Young. The event will be at our new gallery in town, The Brick Street Gallery, along with an exhibit of Chris McMahon's imaginative art works. If you're in the area, join us from 5-7.

Next week, I plan to attend a luncheon to hear Iowa author, Thomas Nye, talk about his books on the Amish. One night I have a Zoom book club meeting with an RV village group.

And the following Saturday, a group of Eastern Iowa writers, the 'Book Bums,' will hold a Zoom workshop and gathering with a variety of topics. This group got started with our Book Bums workshop at our local library in 2014 and continued the early November workshops for five years. The last two years, of course, we have not met in person. Hopefully this year.

Finally, the last weekend of the month I will join a gathering of some of my favorite readers, the Midwest Glampers, at Pine Lake  near Eldora, so we can plan our escapades for the upcoming camping season. More research for one of my next books!


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Syd Harned
2/1/2022 10:06:09 am

You are a busy, busy woman in February!

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janet koellner
2/4/2022 03:24:58 pm

Pine Lake,Eldora, is a favorite spot where family reunions during my childhood were held. Beautiful place. Love the old lodge built in the 30s by the CCC camp workers. u and your friends have fun!

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