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C.A. Rowland writes short stories in many genres. Her first amateur sleuth paranormal mystery set in Savannah, Georgia, The Meter's Always Running, was published in June 2020. Ms. Rowland is a member of Sisters In Crime, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and Riverside Writers. ...more

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	The Meter's Always Running 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	A Rite of Passage: A Short Story it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	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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Bluebird, Bluebird (Highway 59, #1)

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“Lourdes Venard’s White Bean Stew”
― C.A. Rowland, We'd Rather Be Writing: 88 Authors Share Timesaving Dinner Recipes and Other Tips

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C.A.’s Quotes

“Hold fast to dreams
for if dreams die
life is a broken-winged bird
that can not fly.

Hold fast to dreams
for when dreams go
life is a barren field
frozen with snow.”
― Langston Hughes, The Collected Poems

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“Writing a novel is like driving a car at night.
You can only see as far as your headlights, but you make the whole trip that way.”
― E.L. Doctrow

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“And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. I would not change it.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

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