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I just finished a science fiction story for the Southern Indiana Writers upcoming anthology, FUTURE PERFECT: TENSE IN SPACE.
It was difficult to get started. I haven't written anything remotely resembling sf in years, and all my ideas kept coming o…
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- http://MarianAllen.com
- About Me:
- My mother used to get frustrated because she would punish me by making me sit alone and would come back to find me telling stories to the chair. The story critique I treasure most came from a friend who handed me back the manuscript and said, "I'm glad I'M not married to you." Married, with children and grandchildren, cats and grandcats and one semi-beloved granddog.
- Do you have a blog site?
- http://marianallen.wordpress.com
- Favorite Books:
- THREE MEN IN A BOAT, the Gormenghast trilogy, just about anything by Terry Pratchett, anything by Michael Z. Lewin, the Freddy the Pig series, THE GOLDEN BOWL, MRS. DALLOWAY....
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- The Borders in Louisville at the corner of Hurstborne and Taylorsville, because my #4 daughter works there! My ACTUAL favorite bookstore is Destinations Booksellers in New Albany, Indiana. Randy Smith runs the absolute best independent bookstore in Southern Indiana.
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Finishing the Story
I just finished a science fiction story for the Southern Indiana Writers upcoming anthology, FUTURE PERFECT: TENSE IN SPACE.
It was difficult to get started. I haven't written anything remotely resembling sf in years, and all my ideas kept coming out fantasy or comedy, and I already have one comedy in submission to the antho. I wanted one that, although it would have humor in it, addressed something a little more than how to poke a la… Continue
It was difficult to get started. I haven't written anything remotely resembling sf in years, and all my ideas kept coming out fantasy or comedy, and I already have one comedy in submission to the antho. I wanted one that, although it would have humor in it, addressed something a little more than how to poke a la… Continue
Posted on June 22, 2009 at 7:42am —
Interview with Sunny Frazier
I just interviewed fellow BookPlacian Sunny Frazier on the group blog http://Fatalfoodies.blogspot.com. She has a new book in the works, a juvenile about pirates and the spice trade. Come see what she has to say about it.
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Posted on January 13, 2009 at 7:47am —
Hooray for me!
I just received notice that I sold a story to this year's Marion Zimmer Bradley SWORD AND SORCERESS anthology! I sold one last year, to S&S22 and now I'll be in S&S23, as well. Happy, happy! This year's story is called "Undivided". It's about an itinerant Warrior who fights with...well...swords and sorcery, duh, but who has been warehoused by the country's leader as a reward for saving his life. Now she finds herself and her young servants being manipulated and used. She has to find out… Continue
Posted on May 22, 2008 at 12:41pm —
Working Vacation
I don't "go to business", as a New York boss I used to have would say. Since Charlie and I married, I stayed home and took care of the house and kids. That's the way I like it. I'm a putterer. While he was at work and the kids were in school, I could write and write and write. Then he retired and the kids went to college or off into the wide world, and I had less time--and less and less. My precious late mother-in-law used to say, "Little kids, little problems. Big kids, big problems." MAN, was… Continue
Posted on May 1, 2008 at 9:11am —
An Unexpected Opportunity--Preach It, Sister!
Our preacher left for another church, and members of the congregation have been preaching while we look for an interim minister. This was my sermon, delivered April 6, 2008:
No Outside
I'm going to be making some "we" statements today that aren't too flattering, so feel free to exclude yourselves if the statements don't apply to you. I may end up standing up here talking purely about myself, and you may hear more than you want to know. Today, I'm going to talk about liv… Continue
I'm going to be making some "we" statements today that aren't too flattering, so feel free to exclude yourselves if the statements don't apply to you. I may end up standing up here talking purely about myself, and you may hear more than you want to know. Today, I'm going to talk about liv… Continue
Posted on April 12, 2008 at 12:55pm —
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Are you ready?
Anyway, I hope to get the house into decent shape before Christmas, when I do my annual meal for the family. There's also that Christmas list to get together. Time is ticking away.
What about you? Are you ready for Christmas? Or do you celebrate another Holiday? If so, are you ready?
Please Welcome Mary Cunningham, Cynthia's Attic Author
One of the main reasons for writing "Cynthia's Attic" came from my failure - failure to appreciate my ancestors. Our family stories are probably no more or less interesting than most, and I went out of my way to avoid remembering most of them or asking questions about my grandparents lives.
Or did I try to find out just which relative "supposedly" sold a city block on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles for $20,000? Guaranteed, I would not be sitting here writing a blog had that particular relative held on to the property.
Then there's the story, "Cynthia's Attic: Curse of the Bayou," of my great-great grandfather, Augustus Boilliat who disappeared in 1860 while taking a load of produce down the Mississippi River to New Orleans? Oh, sure I've read different accounts about what happened to him, but lost forever are the stories his grandson (my grandfather) could've told me about facts he'd heard from my great-great grandmother, Marie Julia, about her husband's disappearance.
I remember a few accounts told by my dad about his adventures as a teenage cave guide at one of the largest caves in the Southern Indiana area, Wyandotte, but I only have to guess at some of the adventures he must've had.
The idea for Cynthia's Attic: The Magician's Castle came from detailed genealogy research done by my cousin, Betty. Long before the Internet, she traveled to Switzerland to search for documents that would tie our great-grandmother, Harriet Kistler, to Peter Kistler the First, President of the Republic of Bern, 1470-1480. I've tried to honor the Kistler family in the fourth adventure in Cynthia's Attic.
Thanks, Morgan, for having me as a guest!
Mary Cunningham
She is also co-writer of the humor-filled, women's lifestyle book, "Women Only Over Fifty (WOOF)," along with published stories, "Ghost Light" and "Christmas Daisy," A Cynthia's Attic short story.
To celebrate the release of "The Magician's Castle," (Quake/Echelon Press, DEC 1, 2009), a winner will be chosen on each blog stop to receive a copy of the "Cynthia's Attic" short story, "Christmas With Daisy!" So, be sure to make a comment!
Mary Cunningham Books
http://www.marycunninghambooks.com/
Cynthia's Attic Blog
http://www.cynthiasattic.blogspot.com/
Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Mary-Cunningham/e/B002BLNEK4/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
Kindle
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?_encoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=digital-text&field-author=Mary%20Cunningham
Fictionwise
http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/a20811/Mary-Cunningham/?
Quake/Echelon Press
http://www.echelonpress.com/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=23&zenid=4ac57b7ae19fa071cab3b4295df7baf3
Please leave a comment to welcome Mary.
Check out the Mystery of the Missing Checks
Monday, I'm over at my group blog, http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/, where I'm blogging about the mystery of the missing checks. Come on over and find out what it's all about.Thanks,
Morgan Mandel
Can We Talk?
I'm firming up some dates for speaking engagements in 2010. One's tentatively set for March 28, at 1:30 at the Niles Public Library, another probably in mid May at the Schaumburg Township District Library.Also, coming up is a radio interview at WJJQ again on May 7, at 9:35 a.m. before my booksigning May 8 at Cover to Cover Books in Tomahawk, WI.
I've heard that some people are more afraid of public speaking than of dying. Surprisingly, I find it easier each time I do it. As long as I have my cheat sheet with me to glance down at once in a while for security and I like what I'm talking about, I'm okay.
What about you? Do you like to talk or would you rather not?
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