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Linda Collison is the author of the acclaimed historical novel STAR-CROSSED (Knopf; 2006) which led to the sequel, Surgeon's Mate; book two of the Patricia MacPherson Nautical Adventure Series (Fireship Press). She is also a writer of magazine articles, essays, literary fiction and poetry. With her husband Bob Russell she co-authored two guidebooks: Rocky Mountain Wineries; a guide to the wayside vineyards, and Colorado Kids; a statewide family outdoor adventure guide (Pruett Publishing). . Linda has received awards from Honolulu Magazine and Southwest Writers Workshop. In 1996 she was awarded the Grand Prize from the Maui Writers Conference for her fiction. Star-Crossed, her first novel, published by Knopf, was chosen by the New York Public Library to be among the BOOKS FOR THE TEEN AGE -- 2007. Star-Crossed was the inspiration for Surgeon’s Mate; book two of the Patricia MacPherson Nautical Adventure Series.

The Madame of Covent Garden’s Gin Lane Salon

By lindacollison|2014-10-20T16:45:52-07:00October 20th, 2014|How We Write; a series of essays by guest authors|

Catherine Curzon is the writer behind the personae Madame Gilflurt, [...]

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How to write a KILLER query

By lindacollison|2014-10-05T23:00:32-07:00October 5th, 2014|writing and publishing|

In this golden age of indie-publishing some writers still [...]

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Listening for Redfeather – free audio download

By lindacollison|2014-09-27T11:16:12-07:00September 27th, 2014|Looking for Redfeather, music, YA|

Storytelling isn't just for bedtime and this ain't Mom reading [...]

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Coming of Age On the Road

By lindacollison|2014-09-22T12:21:54-07:00September 22nd, 2014|Looking for Redfeather, writing and publishing, YA|

Coming of age is a term that for me encompasses [...]

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The scatology of finding the heart of your story

By lindacollison|2014-09-07T13:57:42-07:00September 7th, 2014|Looking for Redfeather, writing and publishing|

Being a writer sometimes feels like a cross between an [...]

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It’s all about Theme

By lindacollison|2014-08-10T20:07:35-07:00August 10th, 2014|Looking for Redfeather, writing and publishing, YA|

Characters hook us, plot compels us to turn the pages, [...]

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Chesapeake Writers Conference 2014

By lindacollison|2014-07-14T15:57:23-07:00July 14th, 2014|writing and publishing|

My reflections on the 2014 Chesapeake Writers Conference In a [...]

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Writers Conferences — Worth it?

By lindacollison|2014-07-07T06:18:51-07:00July 7th, 2014|writing and publishing|

"Who here has been to a writers conference before?" Matt [...]

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How We Write: Getting published – in a science journal

By lindacollison|2014-07-15T01:34:28-07:00June 16th, 2014|How We Write; a series of essays by guest authors, memoir|

a memoir by Martin Evans "Publish or perish!". The warning [...]

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Writing the next book

By lindacollison|2014-06-09T13:04:51-07:00June 9th, 2014|writing and publishing|

Writing the first book is hard. Writing the next book [...]

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