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I wasn’t sure if I could do this or not, but I was able to select two categories for this blog – articles and novels.<\/p>\n

Today I mailed off an article that I’ve been working on for quite some time but wasn’t ready to send it in. It was a biography of my Dad. Part of me wants his story to be told – part of me doesn’t. He was very modest and wouldn’t want a lot of fuss.<\/p>\n

I also mailed off a query letter and my re-vamped synopsis for Sarah’s Gift to Red Dress Ink. Fingers crossed that they like it enough to want the entire manuscript.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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