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Walk in Her Shoes | Rewriting Amanda
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A blog about Writing, Reading, and Reinventing your Life. Walk in Her Shoes. This entry was posted on July 11, 2013, in history. St Paul Union Depot. The Landmark Center 2013. Federal Building circa 1915. My first stop is the Landmark Center. Formerly the Federal Building, seat of the U.S. postal service, customhouse, and federal courts, this turret-crowned building still impresses. Now used for events, public exhibitions, and office space, much of the original detail has been retained an...I walk into t...
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Don’t Sacrifice the Gift | Rewriting Amanda
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A blog about Writing, Reading, and Reinventing your Life. Don’t Sacrifice the Gift. This entry was posted on May 28, 2013, in Life Lessons. Are chipper, bouncing on their heels in anticipation of the run. I slump against a light post and dig the sleep out of my eyes. Quoting Olympic runner Steve Prefontaine, one of the organizers announces to the group, To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift. I snicker and think, What gift? Has he seen me run? I’m thinking about my novel. For the p...
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What’s in a Name? | Rewriting Amanda
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A blog about Writing, Reading, and Reinventing your Life. What’s in a Name? This entry was posted on July 30, 2013, in Reading. And tagged Book Titles. Some novels announce their names right away: Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. Or, as with Fahrenheit 451,. Immediate yet oblique It was a pleasure to burn. Many are named after a place or character: Swamplandia! The Great Gatsby, The Life of Pi, Cold Mountain. But I don’t know that anything or anyone in my stories are, as yet, that iconic.
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Awards and Publications – Deborah Rocheleau
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Author. Language Fanatic. In Page and Spine. 8220;Santiago” in. 8220;Cave Paintings” in. 8220;Grounded,” first place in the Calvin College Festival of Faith and Writing Poetry Contest. Displayed in the Center Art Gallery April 2014. 8220;A Hymnal Note” in. 8220;Parallel Bars” in. 8220;Muse” in. 8220;Pompeii” in. 8220; Cola Man. 8221; on the. Tin House Open Bar. 8220; Chef’s Log. 8221; on the. 8220;Heaven’s Declaration” in. 8220; Macbride’s Apparel. 8220;Nostalgia” in. 8221; in the. 8221; in d. You are co...
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Looking Back, Looking Forward | Rewriting Amanda
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A blog about Writing, Reading, and Reinventing your Life. Looking Back, Looking Forward. This entry was posted on January 1, 2014, in Life Lessons. Me and my Iron Girls (I’m second from the right). Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. My greatest achievement of last year was completing my second novel, Learn Away the Indian. By F Scott Fitzgerald. Be tolerant of others’ princi...
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Pitch Wars! | Rewriting Amanda
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A blog about Writing, Reading, and Reinventing your Life. This entry was posted on December 12, 2013, in Writing. And tagged Brenda Drake. I entered the manuscript in the Pitch Wars. Contest hosted by Brenda Drake and landed myself a spectacular mentor, historical fiction writer Heather Webb. She’s the author of the upcoming novel, Becoming Josephine. A dozen first-rate agents will peruse the pitches of the 52 finalists (myself among them, yay! I love to win! 4 thoughts on “ Pitch Wars! You’re righ...
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Up Down Up: The Las Vegas Writer’s Conference | Rewriting Amanda
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A blog about Writing, Reading, and Reinventing your Life. Up Down Up: The Las Vegas Writer’s Conference. This entry was posted on April 29, 2013, in Writing. Las Vegas Writers Conference. There’s something about writing conferences, or perhaps it’s just my personality, that likens the experience to a roller coaster. One minute, I’m soaring. The next, plummeting. I had an amazing time at this years Las Vegas Writer’s Conference. But the laceration on my finger was but the first of many wounds. The next da...
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Man of Character | Rewriting Amanda
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A blog about Writing, Reading, and Reinventing your Life. This entry was posted on June 16, 2013, in Life Lessons. Famed mystery writer Raymond Chandler wrote, The character that lasts is an ordinary guy with some extraordinary qualities. If my life were a novel, that lasting character would be my dad. With the tenderness of Little Women. S Mr March, the loyalty of George from Of Mice and Men. By never cutting corners, my dad taught me about follow-through not just finishing, but applying craftsmanship t...