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Lenore Skomal wants you to eat her books. She wants you to chew them in your teeth, savor them on your tongue, breathe them in, and feel her words in your skin. Her passionate desire is to touch your heart, inspire you, and luxuriate in the world of the written word. She finds ecstasy in constructing a perfect sentence and responds willingly to the nagging ache in her heart to create an authentic experience for the reader. Lenore is an award-winning author with the single goal of being heard.

Winner of multiple awards for blogging, literature, biography and humor, Lenore Skomal's catalogue spans many genres. With 30 years of writing experience, over 17 books published and a daily blog, the consistent themes in her work are the big issues the
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I’ve been playing with the back cover text of Third Willow on and off for the past two months. The cover is done, thanks to Mallory Rock, the world’s best book designer. (Scroll down to see the cover of Third Willow.)


Writing back cover text is tantamount to writing Shakespearean prose. Not only does it take real talent and a touch of brilliance to do it right, it also requires diligence; namely di

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Published on January 29, 2013 08:27
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