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Marcia Meier

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Marcia Meier is an award-winning writer, developmental book editor and writing coach.

Her memoir, Face, was published by Saddle Road Press in January 2021.

Her anthology, Unmasked, Women Write About Sex and Intimacy After Fifty, co-edited with Kathleen Barry, was published in 2018. Her other books include Ireland, Place Out of Time (poetry and photography, Weeping Willow Books, 2017), Heart on a Fence, (poetry and photography, Weeping Willow Books, 2016), Navigating the Rough Waters of Today's Publishing World, Critical Advice for Writers from Industry Insiders (Quill Driver Books, 2010) and Santa Barbara, Paradise on the Pacific (Longstreet Press, 1996).
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	Face: A Memoir 4.48 avg rating — 54 ratings — 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
	Unmasked: Women Write About Sex & Intimacy After Fifty by Marcia Meier (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kathleen A. Barry (Editor) 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — 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
	Heart on a Fence 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings	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
	Navigating the Rough Waters of Today's Publishing World: Critical Advice for Writers from Industry Insiders 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Ireland, Place Out of Time 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Santa Barbara, Paradise on the Pacific it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1996	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
	Writing Through the Apocalypse: Pandemic Poetry and Prose it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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“Rockface sheer and imposing, emerges from the sea, reminding us nature makes no allowances.”
― Marcia Meier, Ireland, Place Out of Time

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“Blind cat jumps with faith you should too.”
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