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Anne Carlisle

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Anne Carlisle is an author and writing professor who lives in Key West, Florida, and Orting, WA. She has a Ph. D. in 19th Century British Literature from Case Western Reserve University, where she also served on the faculty. A former Dean at Golden Gate University in San Francisco, she currently is a Professor of Writing for the University of Maryland University College, where she teaches writing to servicemen and women throughout the world. She also teaches writing for American International University. As a fromer literary magazine editor, newspaper columnist, and platform speaker, she published a trade book on writing (Every Manager an Efffective Writer, Penton Press) and received awards for creative writing (novel manuscript, The Nation ...more

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Average rating: 3.95 · 58 ratings · 41 reviews · 3 distinct works

	The Siren's Tale (Home Schooling, #2) 3.95 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Fire Night Ball (Home Schooling, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2012 — 3 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
	Birdwoman: Memoirs of a Lovesick Siren (Diaries of a Siren) (Volume1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2016	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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Five Enthusiastic Stars for Aleks Sager's Daemon

I love the arrivals & departures theme of this new book by Lucinda Elliot, one of my favorite UK writers. It is original and densely crafted, a suspenseful, contemporary (80s and 90s) paranormal romance that dips into demonology and the distant literary past. I recommend it to literary and genre readers alike.

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The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays, Letters and Memoirs

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What should be our NA Romance Book of the Month for November?

Red Hill by Jamie McGuire

14 votes, 32.6%

Left Drowning by Jessica Park

12 votes, 27.9%

Whiskey Lullaby (Love Songs, #1) by Dawn Martens

Whiskey Lullaby by Dawn Martens

9 votes, 20.9%

The Siren's Tale (Home Schooling, #2) by Anne Carlisle

The Siren's Tale by Anne Carlisle

5 votes, 11.6%

Gilded Feathers, book I by J. Woods

3 votes, 7.0%

43 total votes

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Paranormal and Ho...: CLOSED BotM (August) Nominations: Small Press	7	37	Jul 17, 2013 04:22PM
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Making Connections: 1370. - THE SIREN'S TALE by Anne Carlisle	7	50	Aug 26, 2013 01:03PM
Paranormal and Ho...: *CLOSED* November BotM: Small Press	11	49	Oct 03, 2013 04:21PM
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“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
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“Persons with any weight of character carry, like planets, their atmospheres along with them in their orbits.”
― Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native

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