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- Author of Phenomenal Woman: The Dora Stockmam Story
It is often while we are striving forward on one path that we stumble across and even greater roadand so it was with Margaret ORourkeKelly. While working on her own campaign for a seat in the Michigan House of Representatives, ORourkeKelly came across the records of Dora HallStockman, the first woman to hold office in Michigan. This began her fascination with this oftenoverlooked historical figure, but through HallStockmans plays, stories, poetry, songs, and overwhelming contributions to the agricultural community, she has created an intriguing biography of a strong, patriotic woman of God, often ahead of her time, who overcame the constraints of her life and times to make a lasting contribution to American society.
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- Margaret O'RourkeKelly, Ph.D. is a professor of communication and adult studies at Spring Arbor University. She is the coauthor of Barnes Castle and author of Conversations with E.B. Pierce. Margaret created and performs a one woman show based on the life and times of Dora Stockman. She has also written and performed radio commentary for public radio. Margaret resides in Canton, Michigan with her delightful husband who offers unwavering support. She has two grown children who are a constant source of pleasure and inspiration. It has been said that we read biographies to not only learn about the lives of others but to discover who we are and what we might become. I have long been interested in women's place in history.
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- http://drmorkblogspot
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- I am an eclectic reader.
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A Christmas Tree Already
On the way home from work yesterday, I passed a house that already had a lighted and decorated Christmas tree up and showing by the window.Is it not too soon for that? In my mind, the day after Thanksgiving is when the Christmas Season starts. That's when it's fair game to put up a tree and decorations and start shopping. The way things are going this year, I'll be lucky if I get organized enough to decorate a few days before Christmas.
With our dog, Rascal, who lives up to her name, we'll probably go with a fiber optic small tree on top of an end table. One of these days I may pull put the larger tree from the box in the basement and set it up, but not until our doggy is a little more sedate. I don't feel like chasing her to get ornaments out of her mouth. I will be putting up knick knacks, lights inside and decorations on the walls, so it will still look Christmasy. No lights outside because for some reason we have no outlets outside.
While we're on the subject of Christmas trees and such, be sure to add holidays in your books. You can mention decorations and lights or Easter eggs and baskets, or even mattress sales in your descriptions to ground the reader as to the season.
Now, back to that tree I saw. What about you? When do you decorate for Christmas? What do you put up?
Winners and Losers at the CMAs and Life
I love country music and almost every country performer. While watching the CMAs, I enjoyed seeing the winners accept their awards. On the other hand, it was hard for me to see the losers do their best to appear gracious and for the most part succeeding.For every winner, there's a loser. In life and in books, it's the same way. How people react to their good and bad fortune shows what their characters are made of. You don't have to tell a reader who the good guy or bad guy is. Let their actions speak for themselves. The readers are smart enough to figure it out.
PS Can't finish this blog without saying - You Rock, Taylor Swift! You are one smart, talented teenager! Congrats on all your awards, especially, Entertainer of the Year!!!
CMA Awards Tonight and Twitter
One of my favorite shows is on tonight - the CMA Awards. If you're a country music fan, you're probably like me and will be glued to the TV 8pm EST, or in my case 7pm, in the flatlands of Illinois.Almost all my favorite performers will be there, except I hear that Rascal Flatts can't make it.
I'll be on Twitter during the show also. That's part of the fun of it - discussing and dissecting outfits, performers, songs and even commercials, kind of like I'm at a giant party with people who all go for the same thing and want to share.
What about you? What kind of music do you like? Do you tweet during a favorite show or event?
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Thank you for the reference to American First Ladies and its author.
What writing activity were you working on that included the interview?
Margaret
After reading your profile, I just wanted to mention that I had the pleasure of interviewing Carl Sferrazza Anthony historian/biographer of American First Ladies. He is a tremendously interesting person. If you'd like to hear it, here is the link - http://tinyurl.com/6z5fxs
Barbara
I picked up the galley copy of my book last night. What was your reaction when you first saw the result of the writing, proofing, editing, etc?
Margaret
Thanks for joining our happy group.
I hope you have a great time & tell all your friends.
Morgan Mandel
I love biographies, too. Welcome to BookPlace.