Tips From the Pros: Anne Greene

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Greetings from Colorado where spring has finally sprung! Today I’m happy to introduce author Anne Greene for her encore visit to CAN. Welcome, Anne. How many books do you now have published? So far I have six books published. I also have nine novellas, all in boxed sets as well as single books.

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Tips From the Pros: Laurie Alice Eakes

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Good morning from Colorado. Davalynn Spencer here, happy to introduce author Laurie Alice Eakes who has some great things to share. How many books do you have published and what are a few of your latest titles? Currently, I have twenty-one books published, not counting the compilation books in which my work appears. My latest book is The Mountain Midwife. “Over a Barrel” is a novella reprinted in The American Dream Collection with eight other authors, and A Stranger’s Secret released in April, the second book in the Cliffs of Cornwall series.

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Mona Hodgson Connects With Readers

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Davalynn Spencer here, from colorful Colorado, excited to visit with Mona Hodgson. I met Mona a few years ago at a Mt. Hermon Christian Writers Conference and have been awed by her maneuverability between children's books and historical fiction. Mona has some great tips for first-book authors. Welcome, Mona. Will you tell us how you became a writer? For as long as I can remember, I was going to be a nurse like my cousin Irene. That's what I told my parents and that's what we all expected. Although I had been more successful in English classes than in other…

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Starting Places for Greater Creativity

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Hello! Jan here hoping to generate some freshness into not only our nonfiction writing, but also our speaking. Today is the Friday before Valentine’s Day. My childhood memories create a picture of schoolchildren across the country stuffing decorated boxes with sentiments and enjoying cupcakes with red sprinkles and candy hearts. What does that have to do with writing and speaking? Starting places for infusing very needed freshness into what we do . . .

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