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Inspired By An Epic

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I was inspired by an ancient poem. The result? Snowmagic, a historical fantasy/folklore/adventure story. I am part Finnish and to the Finns, there is but one poem, their national treasure, the Kalevala, is it. Kalevala means The Land of Heroes. It isn’t really so much a poem as a written song, or songs. The [...]

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- C. A. Ennis My husband’s blog. He writes fantasy.
- Carole Matthews Very funny enjoyable books
- Colleen Anderson A writer of erotica, vampires and urban fantasy.
- Diana Gabaldon's site An excellent writer and teacher.
- Elizabeth Engstrom I took workshops from her at the Surrey International Writers’ Conference and found her to be an excellent writing teacher.
- James Scott Bell A writer on writing. Jim is a great teacher and a great writer. You may know him from his Writer’s Digest work.
- Karen Woodward Karen’s blog on writing.
- Maureen Child Prolific writer of contemporary romances
- My book on Smashwords This is a link to an historic fantasy book based on the Finnish Kalevala. It won literary-fiction awards.
- Nora Roberts Nora is the queen of characterization. Her books are among my favorites.
- Susan Lyons Lawyer turned erotic-romance novelist.
- The late, great Kathleen Woodiwiss Wikipedia’s biography page on Kathleen
- Victoria Dahl Feisty funny books which are always a good read
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