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Deborah Trahan

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Born
Louisville, Kentucky, The United States
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Shirley Jackson, Ruth Ware, Alice Hoffman, Ernest Hemingway

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In addition to my love of reading and writing, I'm a 'certified' beachcomber since I'm blessed to live 1,000 steps from the sugar-white sand of Mississippi's Gulf Coast. My coastal garden is filled with driftwood treasures and weathered oyster shells!

My writing journey began as a child when I informed my teacher that flying to the moon would be senseless unless I could return with a story to share. So, I've been writing ever since. I've reported for my high school and college newspapers; handled PR for a New Orleans hospital; covered education for a suburban community paper, and taught secondary students how to write effective essays. But I'm most proud of teaching young people how to love reading.

Now, I finally share my debut novel with al
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A Southern Enchantress

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A Southern Enchantress by Deborah Trahan
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✨Set across sweeping time periods and bathed in Southern mystique, this novel threads together the lives of women bound by blood, magic, and legacy. One timeline centers on Suzanne, a modern-day clairsentient enchantress in New Orleans wh" Read more of this review »
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15 Days to Write and Submit a Short Story by J.H.   Bunting
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Joe Bunting offers more than common sense in this workbook that writers can put to work immediately. I appreciate Bunting's no-nonsense approach to crafting a well-written short story, as well as the quotations from his favorite authors such as Gaima ...more
A Southern Enchantress by Deborah Trahan
"Thank you Netgalley for providing me with an arc of The Southern Enchanctress by Deborah Trahan.

25/06/2024
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This book started off relatively slow, and unfortunately I struggled to get into it throughout it

The premise was interesting, and Trahan ge" Read more of this review »
A Southern Enchantress by Deborah Trahan
"Loved this unapologetically ambitious book - with multiple POVs and historical arcs and a spiritual, paranormal reckoning! A SOUTHERN ENCHANTRESS is as magical as its characters, and it's masterfully done.

Filled with surprises, A SOUTHERN ENCHANTRESS" Read more of this review »
A Southern Enchantress by Deborah Trahan
"Incredibly well written, it had me gery well hooked with the time lines of greed and sadness and revenge 👀
Thankyou for giving me the opportunity to read this NetGalley "
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So many joys in this novel! Dual timelines, supernatural events, broken characters, an unexpected resolution - perfectly woven together. I’ve discovered a new favorite author.
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I generally enjoy Mary Kubica novels, so this was an easy choice for me. This time, though, I was most interested in viewing how she handled writing in dual timelines AND multiple voices (and they’re a number of them!) because that’s my style of writ ...more
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Fantasy, if it's really convincing, can't become dated, for the simple reason that it represents a flight into a dimension that lies beyond the reach of time.”
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“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished; that will be the beginning. ”
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