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Adventures in reading: Stories from Nagovisi

By lindacollison|2016-12-07T12:34:54-07:00December 7th, 2016|Categories: books, fictional memoir, short fiction, travel, what inspires me, writing and publishing|Tags: anthropology, Don Mitchell, linked short stories, literary fiction, memoir, Nagovisi|

A Red Woman Was Crying by Don Mitchell My[...]

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No trick-or-treat –it’s the night of the hungry ghosts

By lindacollison|2016-10-19T08:37:12-07:00October 18th, 2016|Categories: books, history, Water Ghosts, what inspires me|Tags: Chinese history, chinese mythology, Hungry Ghost Festival Chinese history, supernatural, Water Ghosts|

October 19, 2016: Here in the U.S. we're in full[...]

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The Notorious Captain Hayes; a conversation with author Joan Druett

By lindacollison|2016-08-21T14:23:35-07:00August 22nd, 2016|Categories: author interviews, history, nautical history, writing and publishing|Tags: Bully Hayes, Captain Bully Hayes, How we Write, Joan Druett, myths and legends, Nautical History, Pacific Ocean, pirates, writing process|

The American-born seafarer William "Bully" Hayes was a notorious celebrity[...]

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White witches, pirates, and night walkers, oh my!

By lindacollison|2016-07-19T06:04:02-07:00July 17th, 2016|Categories: books|Tags: fantasy, Helen Hollick, historical nautical fiction, Historical Novel Society, pirates, witches, writing process|

"To fight pirates, you use a pirate. Acorne will suit[...]

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How to help a story to fly (without killing it).

By lindacollison|2016-07-08T13:49:09-07:00July 8th, 2016|Categories: writing and publishing|Tags: critiquing manuscrips, feedback for writers, works-in-progress, writing process|

When your manuscript stretches its wings for its first flight[...]

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Water Ghosts — the movie?

By lindacollison|2016-07-03T10:01:32-07:00July 3rd, 2016|Categories: filmmaking, Water Ghosts|Tags: book-to-screen, filmmaking, horror, scriptwriting, Water Ghosts|

There are many ways to tell a story. Ever since[...]

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The power of Setting in fiction

By lindacollison|2016-05-30T16:53:04-07:00May 30th, 2016|Categories: Water Ghosts, what inspires me, writing and publishing|Tags: craft of writing, creative writing, fiction, Hemingway, Joseph Conrad, Neil Gaiman, setting, The Ocean at the End of the Land, The Secret Sharer, writing process|

I'm reading Birds Without Wings, by Louis de Bernieres --[...]

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Water Ghosts — Read First Chapter here

By lindacollison|2016-05-17T12:04:07-07:00May 17th, 2016|Categories: books, Water Ghosts, writing and publishing, YA|Tags: Chinese history, chinese mythology, free chapter, ghosts, teen horror, Water Ghosts, YA psychological|

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Beyond Research: Creating Verisimilitude in Historical Fiction

By lindacollison|2016-05-16T22:29:31-07:00May 16th, 2016|Categories: historical fiction, writing and publishing|Tags: Barbados Bound, creative writing, Genre Con, historical fiction, Patricia MacPherson Nautical Adventure Series, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, Star-Crossed, writing process|

Here are a few of the slides from my power[...]

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Water Ghosts a Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Finalist

By lindacollison|2016-03-09T03:05:19-07:00March 9th, 2016|Categories: Water Ghosts, writing and publishing, YA|Tags: Book of the Year, Foreword Review, Indiefab Finalist, Water Ghosts, YA|

Foreword Reviews Finalist -- Water Ghosts Today, Old Salt Press[...]

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