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Posted on December 30, 2023September 6, 2024

Developing the Fictional Mary Shirley

The real Mary Shirley turned thirteen in 1775. Her birth date is recorded in family records as February 17, 1762. Although birth years for Mary’s younger siblings vary across websites, Mary’s date remains consistent and undisputed. She was the firstborn child of Michael and Catherine Shirley. I chose the most reliable birth dates for the …

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Posted on October 30, 2023June 13, 2024

Dealing with the Storms of Life?

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Put on your rain boots and splash, splash, splash!

Posted on October 20, 2023October 11, 2024

Story Circle Interview from 2017

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Posted on March 16, 2023June 9, 2024

Her Warrior Spirit Rises

Check out my interview and review from Literary Titan

Posted on March 4, 2023October 19, 2023

Palisades of the Heart

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Posted on November 28, 2022May 1, 2024

Warrior on the Western Waters

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Second Edition Buy Warrior on the Western Waters is...an emotional roller-coaster of a story and the author effortlessly captures the intense emotions that each character is feeling, which reminds me of the emotional rumination of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games. Still’s writing has a simple eloquence to it. It has a way of leading you through a …

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Posted on November 28, 2022October 19, 2023

Fleeing the Shadows

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Second Edition Buy Fleeing the Shadows is a stirring, nail-biter of a read and will be sure to please fans of the first book of the series….the story rips right off the page…for a historical YA novel, Still does not hold back on making sure that we feel the desperation of the family in every …

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Posted on October 4, 2022June 13, 2024

Book Review – Inhuman Acts

Posted on October 2, 2022September 6, 2024

Who is Mary Shirley McGuire?

Posted on September 23, 2022June 13, 2024

My Publisher Died Now What?

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