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Sharon Cupp Pennington's Blog
November 1, 2009
- Publication is moving so fast on the new novel, Mangroves and Monsters, now. Edits are finally done, we have a cover, and I feel every ounce the excitement I did with my debut novel, Hoodoo Money. I believe I've woven a pretty decent tale of rekindled love and island adventure. And I hope those who purchase a copy will relish the read as much as I enjoyed the writing of this sequel. Looking ...
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September 17, 2009
- In a time when our adult children are purportedly raising a generation of spoiled me-me-mine-mine offspring, I find myself climbing on my soapbox and disputing this claim by heartwarming example.Protocol at my eight-year-old granddaughter’s school is such that if a student forgets his, or her, lunch money or hasn’t sufficient funds remaining on their lunch account, that child is served the ...
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September 3, 2009
- Mangroves and Monsters, my sequel to Hoodoo Money, has been picked up by Draumr Publishing and should, hopefully, be released early next year. HERE'S THE TEASER: Charlie Cooper, reluctant teacher by day and broken-hearted wanderer by night, is a man desperately in love with a dead woman. But is Angeline St. Cyr really dead? The supermodel fell victim to an auto-pedestrian accident in New ...
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July 24, 2009
- In a short story collection of Musgrave’s caliber, the dilemma becomes which tale to review from The Mayan Magician and Other Stories (2009, CIC Publishers, ISBN 0-9776503-8-3). With “The Mayan Magician,” this compilation’s lead story and namesake, Musgrave weaves a mystical tale of love, courage and resolute faith in the great Mayan Warrior God, Kukulkán. Musgrave’s story revolves ...
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July 15, 2009
- I’m straying from the subjects of reading and writing and critiquing this morning. Please indulge me these few nostalgic moments as I’ve thought about my grandmother often of late. I don’t know whether it’s because I’m in my sixties now and the grandmother of five, or because my body’s changing. Yet again. Specifically, my hair. Although it still hangs well below my shoulders, the ...
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June 25, 2009
- Whoohoo! Put the final period on my manuscript for the new novel, Mangroves and Monsters, last Thursday (June 18, 2009) and sent it off to the publisher. Exciting. Now, I've got my fingers crossed she likes the book as much as I enjoyed writing it. A spin-off from my debut novel, Hoodoo Money, this second book has Charlie Cooper searching for the "dead" supermodel, Angeline St. Cyr, ...
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May 3, 2009
- Okay, I admit it: I was a “hardcover snob.” Before my novel, Hoodoo Money, was released in trade paperback original in 2008. And that’s hardcover, not hardcore. Hmmm. . .or is it?I treated my hardcover tomes like prized possessions, jewels in my bookcase of keepers. Masterpieces by Stuart Woods, Sandra Brown, Iris Johansen, Elizabeth Lowell, Linda Howard, Jayne Ann Krentz, Stella Cameron, ...
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April 5, 2009
- I attended my first meeting of an honest-to-goodness, real, live writers group yesterday — the Writers Club of Pasadena (Texas). Oh, I’ve participated in online writing/critique groups for more than ten years; I’ve been a member of Writing Well, where I’m one of three moderators, for the past eight years. But — as you know, I’m sure — there’s not much safer than sitting in your ...
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March 16, 2009
- The other evening, I stumbled upon the tail-end of an Amazon forum where errors in novels were being discussed — and the venting readers were none too happy. I read through sixteen posts, bemused, somewhat dismayed, as plot errors were hashed from book covers not matching the story and character descriptions, to resurrections of dead mothers from one book to another, and discrepancies in ...
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March 9, 2009
- Stephen G. Sisco, with whom I’m collaborating on my first children’s book, recently shared the photo of a quilt with me. This piece was so lovely and, with Stephen’s permission, I wanted to share it with all of you. The quilt is the project of LifeShare-Oklahoma, an organization supporting the Oklahoma registry for organ, eye and tissue donation (see web address below). It’s my ...
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February 1, 2009
- Me again. Still plotting my way through Mangroves and Monsters. Making pretty good headway, and hope to be finished by February's end. I'm also collaborating on a children's book with Stephen G. Sisco tentatively titled Katie's Lucky Leaves. Stephen will also put his gifted hands to the illustrations. We're hoping for a successful collaboration, of course, and many future projects. Fingers ...
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January 1, 2009
- Well, here we are at the dawn of another year. Seems just yesterday we crossed into the new millennium. I'm excited about the progress I've made on the latest novel (Mangroves and Monsters), hopeful about our new president, thrilled gas prices have finally dropped. Counting blessings in spite of the bleak economy. In honor of all those little tax deductions born last night, the featured story on ...
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December 20, 2008
- Good morning! Mangroves and Monsters, my sequel to Hoodoo Money, is well underway. Chapters 1 through 9 have gone through my online critique, Writing Well. Slicing and dicing has been fast and furious. Ouch!!! Seriously, this is a compassionate group of talented writers and Mangroves will be a better novel because of their blood-letting. They've already pointed areas where I must fatten the text ...
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November 27, 2008
- I did it! My quest to survive National Novel Writing Month ended last night with 52,872 validated words. Of course, my buddy Ben (from the online critique group, Writing Well) stayed several steps ahead of me during the entire month of November. What better incentive could one hope for? So. . .thank you, Ben!A few authors in my writing group poo-pooed the NaNoWriMo effort, saying things like it ...
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November 16, 2008
- Me again. Well, we've reached the halfway point in NaNoWriMo and so far, I've managed my goal with 29,802 words written for what I believe will be a pretty cool sequel to Hoodoo Money. The title, BTW, is Mangroves and Monsters. It takes place on an island called Jacqueme Dominique somewhere in the vicinity of the Lesser Antilles, and will pick up with Charlie Cooper's quest to find out if ...
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