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Linda Collison is the author of the acclaimed historical novel STAR-CROSSED (Knopf; 2006) which led to the sequel, Surgeon's Mate; book two of the Patricia MacPherson Nautical Adventure Series (Fireship Press). She is also a writer of magazine articles, essays, literary fiction and poetry. With her husband Bob Russell she co-authored two guidebooks: Rocky Mountain Wineries; a guide to the wayside vineyards, and Colorado Kids; a statewide family outdoor adventure guide (Pruett Publishing). . Linda has received awards from Honolulu Magazine and Southwest Writers Workshop. In 1996 she was awarded the Grand Prize from the Maui Writers Conference for her fiction. Star-Crossed, her first novel, published by Knopf, was chosen by the New York Public Library to be among the BOOKS FOR THE TEEN AGE -- 2007. Star-Crossed was the inspiration for Surgeon’s Mate; book two of the Patricia MacPherson Nautical Adventure Series.

Margaret Skea on writing the second book of a series

By lindacollison|2014-05-04T18:35:41-07:00May 4th, 2014|How We Write; a series of essays by guest authors|

I met Margaret Skea at the 2012 Historical Novel Society [...]

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The night Editor-in-Chief Myrna Blyth taught me to pitch…

By lindacollison|2014-04-28T17:03:17-07:00April 28th, 2014|memoir, writing and publishing|

Never Underestimate the Power of a Woman. That was the [...]

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How We Write: Seamus Beirne on his process of writing The Ice House

By lindacollison|2014-04-22T14:56:28-07:00April 21st, 2014|How We Write; a series of essays by guest authors|

Seamus Beirne and I both have ties to Barbados. My [...]

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Blog Hop: Meet my main character — Patricia — posing as Patrick MacPherson.

By lindacollison|2014-04-15T07:51:40-07:00April 15th, 2014|Patricia MacPherson Nautical Adventure Series, writing and publishing|

Meet My Main Character is the historical novelist's blog hop [...]

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Seymour Hamilton on imagination and Astreya

By lindacollison|2014-03-30T09:36:03-07:00March 30th, 2014|How We Write; a series of essays by guest authors, writing and publishing|

“How does my imagination work ?” Unpredictably. I start with [...]

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Writing on a Ranch in the Rockies; Antidotes to Isolation

By lindacollison|2014-03-23T10:29:57-07:00March 23rd, 2014|How We Write; a series of essays by guest authors, writing and publishing|

Mary Kurtz is one of the Steamboat Writers, a group [...]

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Anna Belfrage talks of time travel and other writing secrets

By lindacollison|2014-03-16T10:00:21-07:00March 16th, 2014|How We Write; a series of essays by guest authors, Uncategorized, writing and publishing|

How We Write. Today's guest post on How We Write is [...]

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Looking for Redfeather — a Foreword Review’s Book of the Year Finalist

By lindacollison|2016-05-17T13:10:46-07:00March 14th, 2014|Looking for Redfeather, writing and publishing, YA|

I'm pleased to announce that Foreword Reviews has chosen Looking [...]

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Writing process? What process? A blog hop tour

By lindacollison|2014-03-10T08:16:01-07:00March 10th, 2014|How We Write; a series of essays by guest authors, writing and publishing|

My Writing Process Judith Starkston, author [...]

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Writers — why not take the scenic route?

By lindacollison|2014-03-07T17:29:22-07:00March 7th, 2014|Looking for Redfeather, writing and publishing|

Turning my novel, Looking for Redfeather, into a stage play [...]

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