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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.

Land’s End

By lindacollison|2014-02-07T10:05:03-07:00February 7th, 2014|what inspires me, writing and publishing|

Aloha from the Big Island of Hawaii, my private writer's [...]

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Finding Your Voice

By lindacollison|2014-02-02T11:32:10-07:00February 2nd, 2014|writing and publishing|

Voice on the page - it's what agents, publishers, and [...]

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History lives aboard the North Star of Herschel Island

By lindacollison|2014-01-26T22:15:04-07:00January 26th, 2014|How We Write; a series of essays by guest authors, nautical history, research, ships and boats|

What would it be like to live aboard a historic [...]

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Tom Rizzo wrangles research and storytelling

By lindacollison|2014-01-20T09:40:39-07:00January 20th, 2014|How We Write; a series of essays by guest authors|

A good story of any genre brings the reader in, [...]

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Meet Jeanne Roppolo; adventuring grandma, author, and friend

By lindacollison|2014-01-14T17:46:38-07:00January 14th, 2014|How We Write; a series of essays by guest authors|

Some of my best friends are writers. I first met [...]

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Getting inside the Victorian Mind

By lindacollison|2014-01-06T11:06:35-07:00January 6th, 2014|How We Write; a series of essays by guest authors, writing and publishing|

I'm pleased to welcome my literary friend Antoine Vanner to [...]

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Cli-fi: A perfect storm of sci-fi and global warming

By lindacollison|2013-12-29T23:03:30-07:00December 29th, 2013|How We Write; a series of essays by guest authors, writing and publishing|

Joining me today is author Joe Follansbee, one of my [...]

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A visit from the ghost of Christmas Past

By lindacollison|2016-01-16T08:54:35-07:00December 23rd, 2013|memoir|

Last night the Dickensian wraith in white touched my hand [...]

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For the Love of the Sword, by J.M. Aucoin

By lindacollison|2013-12-16T08:03:30-07:00December 15th, 2013|How We Write; a series of essays by guest authors|

Today, I'm thrilled to have author J.M. Aucoin sharing the [...]

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How we write – a series of essays by guest authors

By lindacollison|2013-12-14T21:13:55-07:00December 14th, 2013|writing and publishing|

Linda Collison's Sea of Words; Charting a course from imagination [...]

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