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C.L. Talmadge

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Born

The United States

Website

http://www.greenstoneofhealing.com

Genre

Romance, Paranormal, Fantasy

Member Since

July 2008

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https://www.goodreads.com/stonescribe

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This author is also published under Candace L. Talmadge.

Readers who want to be caught up in the collision of politics, passion, and piety are flocking to the Green Stone of Healing® speculative fiction series by C.L. Talmadge. It’s a romantic insider’s tale of how greed and lust for power destroyed all traces of a once mighty nation.

C.L. has been a professional writer since 1976. Nearly three decades ago, she encountered an alternative healing method called Sunan therapy that enabled her to resolve many of her emotional and spiritual wounds. This therapy also helped her become familiar with the intimate link between spirituality, energy, and healing.

Sunan therapy also introduced her to some of her past lives and those of family and friends ...more

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Average rating: 3.54 · 26 ratings · 15 reviews · 4 distinct works

	The Vision (Green Stone of Healing, #1) by C.L. Talmadge (Goodreads Author), Candace L. Talmadge (Goodreads Author) 3.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2005 — 5 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
	The Scorpions Strike (Green Stone of Healing, #3) by C.L. Talmadge (Goodreads Author), Candace L. Talmadge (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2005 — 3 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
	Fallout (Green Stone of Healing, #2) by C.L. Talmadge (Goodreads Author), Candace L. Talmadge (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	Outcast (Green Stone of Healing, #4) by C.L. Talmadge (Goodreads Author), Candace L. Talmadge (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009 — 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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C.L. Talmadge's Blog: StoneScribe

My Characters Drive Me Nuts, Part 1

Having lived in silence about the people populating my head for more than five decades, I have decided, finally, to open up about this whole crazy process of creating fiction. Or at least my crazy process.

And about the blasted characters who drive me up a wall.

There is a debate among writers about where the storytelling process takes off. One camp says it begins with an idea, like terrorists take Read more of this blog post »

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Published on February 26, 2019 12:06 • Tags: character-development, creativity, plot-development, writing

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Candace L. Talmadge (Goodreads Author)

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Dec 21, 2014 11:52AM

Jane wrote: "Thank you for reviewing To Venice With Love. The review means even more now that I know that it is from a fellow writer. My main social networking site is Facebook where I have my own page and one ..."

You are most welcome. I enjoyed reading the book. I learned a lot about Venetian architecture and design, too! Your book educates and entertains. Great combo!

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message 1: by Jane

Dec 21, 2014 09:46AM

Thank you for reviewing To Venice With Love. The review means even more now that I know that it is from a fellow writer. My main social networking site is Facebook where I have my own page and one for each book. It all eats into writing time so I try to limit. Nice to make contact.