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Tara Benwell (www.tarabenwell.com) is an ESL teacher and materials writer who balances a freelance career with fiction writing and motherhood. Her debut novel, The Proper Order of Things, is available on Amazon (print or Kindle). In 2010, Tara decided to let her agent go and publish her first novel on her own. Reading this editor's comment second-hand through her agent helped Tara decide that after years of writing, revising, and waiting, it was okay to hire an editor and get the job done on her own:
"Sorry it's taken me forever to answer you about Tara Benwell's novel. I've really been agonizing over it! What a great book! Crazy characters, really fine writing, good narrative. I loved every minute of reading it! But I've been swamped with e
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My Kids Won’t Be Posing With Mitt

When I need a moment to clear my head during a work day, I often pick out one of my own journals and open it to a random page. Today, I fell upon this entry that I wrote while watching Obama’s inauguration almost four years ago:

Jan 20, 2009 – It’s an important day in history. I can’t help but watch all of the goings on – from Michelle Obama’s fascinating yellow dress and green shoes, to the b Read more of this blog post »
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Published on October 24, 2012 09:17
Average rating: 4.67 · 9 ratings · 2 reviews · 1 distinct work
The Proper Order of Things

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