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Bruce Leonard
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Words, words, words
How many words per day and per week are enough to make novelists feel that they're being productive?
How many words per day and per week can we write and still be sure that any of our sentences, let alone all of them, are effective, moving, or beautiful?
Each novelist differs in temperament, talent, and stamina. And our goals differ as well—from writing for ourselves to aspiring to sell as many no Read more of this blog post »
How many words per day and per week can we write and still be sure that any of our sentences, let alone all of them, are effective, moving, or beautiful?
Each novelist differs in temperament, talent, and stamina. And our goals differ as well—from writing for ourselves to aspiring to sell as many no Read more of this blog post »
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Quilt City: Safety Second: A Hadley Carroll Mystery (Hadley Carroll Mysteries Book 5):
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An edge of your seat read with humor - a rare combination. Read the first 4 books before you read this one, though. Enjoy!" |
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Quilt City: Safety Second: A Hadley Carroll Mystery (Hadley Carroll Mysteries Book 5):
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Thank you, Mr. Leonard, for hours and hours of following along with Hadley Carroll in her town, Paducah. The Paducah Quilt Quorum, friends, townspeople and the wonderful Brandon all come together when things get tense, frightening" Read more of this review » |
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Excellent. This thriller holds together well and requires very few willing suspensions of disbelief. I thoroughly enjoyed it and will happily read other novels by Julie Clark. |
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Improbable but fun. Plenty of clever dialogue, but I think the book would have been significantly improved if it had been at least 60 pages shorter. |
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Masterful, moving and disturbing This well-researched, well-written book reveals that our legal system needs to be scrapped. Who knows how many people have been railroaded by incompetent police, duplicitous prosecutors and corrupt judges? The answer ...more |
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