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Thursday, August 29, 2019

Evangeline (Wiens) Lundgren's review of CONSIDER THE SUNFLOWERS

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The village of Elbow, Saskatchewan was where Evangeline Lundgren taught grade 2 in 1961-63. (She was Miss Wiens then.) Here's her e...
Tuesday, August 27, 2019

opportunities: Orca Books

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Have you written fiction too long for a short story and too short for a novel? Orca Books of Victoria, BC publishes that kind of thing i...
Monday, August 12, 2019

a Mennonite relative's story: Jacob J. Martens (1880-1974)

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As an author interested in history, I like autobiographies. The one below is special to me. Its author was a cousin of my grandfather Ja...
Friday, August 2, 2019

Local writers in Kamloops This Week

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Yay! Dana Ramstedt  & Rita Dozlaw, winners of the 2019 Schemenauer Writing Awards, are in Kamloops This Week August 1-2:  https://tinyur...
Saturday, July 27, 2019

3 writing opportunities that pay

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-The Antigonish Review, published by St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, pays "$50 plus two copies for fiction, es...
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Elma Schemenauer
My novel Song for Susie Epp starts in 1970. Susie, daughter of a Vancouver pill addict, sets out to build a better life for herself. Co-worker and fellow Mennonite Simon loves her courage—and her. But marrying him comes with a pushy, sanctimonious mother-in-law, Adeline. She manipulates Susie and Simon into leaving their beloved British Columbia grassland and moving to her Saskatchewan farming community. There, a shocking secret plunges Simon into depression and drinking. As Susie struggles to find a way forward, she gains a new empathy, resilience, and understanding of faith and freedom. Susie’s story features some of the same characters as Elma’s earlier novel Consider the Sunflowers. Song for Susie Epp, published by Farland Press, is 264 pages, paperback $22.99, e-book $5.99. Ask for it in a bookstore or library. Or order from one of its online sellers. They include Amazon, Indigo, and Kobo.
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