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Article: Linda Strader

Linda Strader’s article “9 Top Tips to Determine if Your Memoir is Ready to Publish” is a part of the Spring 2022 issue of Writing Advice on Writer Advice.

New Release: Dusty Rose, Gus, & Me

Dusty Rose, Gus, & Me is T.K. Galarneau's tribute to her horses in poetry and prose. So saddle up and get ready for an entertaining ride.

Interview: Linda Strader

Linda Strader talks about her latest book Uprooted on the YouTube channel ebook Showtime.

Shout Out: Dispatches From Lesbian America

An excerpt from Dispatches From Lesbian America is featured on Women are Human.

Interview: Patricia Taylor Wells

The author Cheryl Burman posted an interview with Patricia Taylor Wells, who talks about writing and inspirations for her books.

Review: Rabbits of the Apocalypse

The audiobook edition of Rabbits of the Apocalypse by Benny Lawrence has a review by LezReviewBooks.

“This book is weird and I say this in the most appreciative way. The weird (but justified) title, crazy situations and quirky characters, make it a hilarious read. But beyond the easy laughs, funny one-liners, and bewildering moments, the reader can appreciate and identify with, the human condition and the consequences of people’s actions.”

New Release: How to Bury a Curious Girl

It's Publication Day! Amirah Al Wassif's latest English-language collection of poetry, How to Bury a Curious Girl, explores how women must cope in a culture that suppresses everything in them, even their curiosity. Her words fearlessly display and challenge the impact that the repressive male attitude has on women in the Muslim culture.

For more information and to buy a copy go to https://www.bedazzledink.com/howtoburyacuriousgirl.html#/

Award Alert: Hope Valley

Hope Valley by Haviva New-David is a Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist. Winners will be announced June 16, 2022.

Congrats, Haviva!

New Release: Indelible Link

Take a high flying, wild ride back to the time when the train pulled into town and a traveling circus arrived, promising a magical adventure under the big top in Indelible Link by Juni Fisher.

Trapeze flyer Tattooed Matilda finishes her signature act one night and seconds later, she’s hurtling toward the tanbark floor of the ring. Horribly injured she struggles to make sense of her condition while she grasps at memories of her troubled childhood and life as a star of a rag-tag troupe. Outside her circus family, Matilda remembers one true friend: Lucky Eddie. Eddie is a sardonic, war-scarred, tattoo artist with a monkey called heroin on his back who bestows Matilda’s first tattoo when she’s a shy, misfit teen. Their seemingly strange friendship deepens over the years, enduring Eddie’s battle with addiction and Matilda’s craving for tattoos while she chases the intoxicating lure of the spotlight. Theirs is a bond forged in tattoo ink.

New Release: The Dreamers — Noora’s Quest

Children of all ages will delight in R.Y. Suben’s magical journey across Australia, The Dreamers — Noora’s Quest.

Noora, an Australian indigenous girl stolen from her people, is forced to live in a Mission school. Treated as a number and told how lucky she is to be a part of true civilized life, Noora remembers the myths her mother told her and the songs she sang. She remembers the names of the animals, and how to talk to them in the friendliest of ways. When an opportunity comes, she escapes to look for her three guardians who can help her find a way back home, just as her mom told her in her dreams.

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Podcast: Linda Strader

Linda Strader talks about her books Summers of Fire and Uprooted on Voices Rising Podcast with Sarah and Shelly.

Article: Dede Montgomery

The article “Local author connects Astoria with short stories” by Patrick Webb in Our Coast Magazine, talks about Dede Montgomery’s Humanity’s Grace.

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Interview: Katherine Hetzel

Katherine Hetzel answers questions about writing in “Interview with Katherine Hertzel Author of Kingstone, The Chronicles of Issraya & Granny Rainbow” by Josephine Park on The Book Dragon.

“The best advice I ever received was ‘make stuff happen!’ I had a story and it felt boring; the character just pootled through the story, having things happen to her that carried her onwards. I was challenged by the lovely Julie Cohen to ‘make stuff happen’ – let the character make some decisions of her own, to drive the action as a result rather than wait for things to happen.”

Buy Katherine’s books at your favorite booksellers.

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Article: Dede Montgomery

Dede Montgomery talks about Humanity’s Grace and her family’s roots in Northwest Oregon in the article “In One Ear: 'Humanity's Grace'” in The Astorian.

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New Release: Humanity’s Grace

Dede Montgomery follows up her novel of intertwining lives in the Pacific Northwest, Beyond the Ripples, with Humanity’s Grace, a collection of linked short stories.

Salty air, low lying clouds, and crooning of seagulls near the towering Astoria Column and the flowing Columbia River set the scene for Humanity’s Grace. Frank, Anne, Monica, and Sarah all reappear from the pages of Montgomery’s novel, Beyond the Ripples. New characters: An elderly mother and her son, a police office and spouse, a childhood friend, a counselor, a bystander appear, are all uniquely connected to a murder in downtown Astoria, Oregon.

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Excerpt: Uprooted