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Amy Lilly can be found trapped in a library somewhere in Virginia where she pushes books on unsuspecting library patrons. When she is able to escape, she spends her free time raising Nigerian Dwarf goats, chickens, a herd of well-fed cats and two hyperactive Jack Russell Terriers. She is married and has two sons.

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	Death is Long Overdue (Phee Jefferson #1) 4.13 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer Reading is Killing Me (Phee Jefferson #2) 3.77 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Spring Poetry

Dogpatch Violas

They gather like shy congregants along the forest path, these purple-hooded witnesses to my passing.

Dogpatch Violas, their petite faces turned slightly downward as if in quiet contemplation of the earth that birthed them.

They remind me of those childhood moments when I would lie face down in the grass looking for life existing just inches from my nose.

How humble their presenc

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The Witch's Orchard

by Archer Sullivan

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Invasive Species

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The Fabric of Sin (Merrily Watkins, #9)

by Phil Rickman

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“Renaissance artist Gregorio Comanini, has counseled the equivalent of “Live an ordinary, regular life so you can be irregular and brilliant in your creativity.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Booklife

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“Anxious, inexperienced writers obey rules. Rebellious, unschooled writers break rules. Artists master the form.”
― Robert McKee, Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting

tags: artistry, creative-process, discipline, principles, rules, self-assurance, writing

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“We quote from books. Movies are made from books. Musicals are made from books. Much of our religion and spiritual belief comes from books. Books can help us understand who we are and why we do what we do and think what we think. Books teach us about life and humanity. Sometimes books can remind us we can overcome all that life throws at us. Books entertain us, and I cannot imagine a life without books.”
― Andrew McAleer, 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists: Insider Secrets from Top Writers

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“Man should not be in the service of society, society should be in the service of man. When man is in the service of society, you have a monster state, and that's what is threatening the world at this minute.”
― Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

tags: men, society, state

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“Turning and turning in the widening gyre/The falcon cannot hear the falconer;/Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;/Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,/The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere/The ceremony of innocence is drowned.”
― Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

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