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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.

Writing on a Ranch in the Rockies; Antidotes to Isolation

By lindacollison|2014-03-23T10:29:57-07:00March 23rd, 2014|How We Write; a series of essays by guest authors, writing and publishing|

Mary Kurtz is one of the Steamboat Writers, a group [...]

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Anna Belfrage talks of time travel and other writing secrets

By lindacollison|2014-03-16T10:00:21-07:00March 16th, 2014|How We Write; a series of essays by guest authors, Uncategorized, writing and publishing|

How We Write. Today's guest post on How We Write is [...]

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Looking for Redfeather — a Foreword Review’s Book of the Year Finalist

By lindacollison|2016-05-17T13:10:46-07:00March 14th, 2014|Looking for Redfeather, writing and publishing, YA|

I'm pleased to announce that Foreword Reviews has chosen Looking [...]

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Writing process? What process? A blog hop tour

By lindacollison|2014-03-10T08:16:01-07:00March 10th, 2014|How We Write; a series of essays by guest authors, writing and publishing|

My Writing Process Judith Starkston, author [...]

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Writers — why not take the scenic route?

By lindacollison|2014-03-07T17:29:22-07:00March 7th, 2014|Looking for Redfeather, writing and publishing|

Turning my novel, Looking for Redfeather, into a stage play [...]

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Barbara Kyle on Writing a Series

By lindacollison|2014-03-03T08:29:58-07:00March 3rd, 2014|How We Write; a series of essays by guest authors, writing and publishing|

I had the pleasure of meeting Barbara Kyle in person [...]

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3 stories by Linda Collison free on Smashwords this week

By lindacollison|2014-03-02T10:15:58-07:00March 2nd, 2014|writing and publishing|

It's March Madness all week on Smashwords! My contemporary coming-of-age [...]

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It’s all in the details

By lindacollison|2014-02-28T10:22:48-07:00February 28th, 2014|writing and publishing|

Character, plot, and setting. These are the three main building [...]

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Interview with anthropologist, author, filmmaker, and voyager Sam Low

By lindacollison|2014-02-23T18:59:04-07:00February 23rd, 2014|author interviews, nautical history|

Bob and I had the pleasure of meeting author Sam [...]

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Interior dialogue: What is your character really thinking?

By lindacollison|2014-02-22T11:17:55-07:00February 22nd, 2014|How We Write; a series of essays by guest authors, writing and publishing|

Having just adapted one of my novels to a stage [...]

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