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NEW Audiobook Available!
A memoir by Sharon Mabry
A science fiction series by Nikki Martin
Khristeena Lute's historical fiction
set in New Orleans' literary world...
Second Edition 2024
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Both Sharon Mabry and Shana Thornton will be presenters at the Clarksville Writers Conference. June 5-7, 2024. Full schedule coming soon. Co...
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville Montgomery County Public Library
Sharon Mabry and Shana Thornton will read from their work, and Shana will be part of a panel discussion at the WISE (Writers & Illustrators ...
Clarksville Montgomery County Public Library
Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN
Sharon Mabry will read from her new memoir, The Blue Box and Memories that Live in the Bones, for First Thursday Art Walk at 6 p.m. on March...
Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN
We are pleased to announce the contributors for the book, Inspiration to Action: A Tribute to Jill Eichhorn (Forthcoming 2024), in alphabeti...
Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Golf Club Lane
7 p.m. February 19, 2024. Shana Thornton, Founder of The Clarksville Montgomery County African American Legacy Trail and Deputy County Histo...
Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Golf Club Lane
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About the Book
A salad-eating dog, the haunted trunk, a 'possum who drinks coffee-The Blue Box and Memories that Live in the Bones by Sharon Mabry is a collection of stories about Mabry's growing up years in the mountains of East Tennessee, some of the adventures in her 56-year marriage, and her thoughts on retirement after teaching for 52 years at Austin Peay State University. Mabry writes with wit and candor about her mother's declining health and the changes to her family home. Throughout her life, Mabry finds the humor that lives within each moment. The Blue Box and Memories that Live in the Bones is a collection that glimpses into the inner joy that maintains Mabry's dimpled cheeks and smiling eyes. It's a contagious outlook that will inspire readers to find amusement in their own reflections.
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PODCAST! Sharon Mabry talks about her book career with Julia Daily on the Authors Over 50 Podcast. Watch it here.
Each month, publisher Shana Thornton gives you a new free writing prompt here on our home page.
Nudge #19
APRIL 2024: Prank Gone Wrong
Write a short story or scene in which a prank goes wrong. This could be what begins as a harmless joke among friends but turns into a fiasco, a secret, and/or something much more sinister in the end. You have plenty of opportunity to explore a light-hearted story or a narrative that takes a dark turn.
For inspiration on a scary turn of events, consider Stephen King's Carrie.
For children's literature, The BFG by Roald Dahl, and Matilda by him, too, are worth exploring. Don't forget Beezus and Ramona and Ramona the Pest, both by Beverly Cleary.
Consider true story pranks such as the Angry Penguins hoax in Australia. Actor George Clooney's letter to comedian Tina Fey is another example.
Letters and events are great ways to stage pranks in a story. Mainly, both letters and events are out of the normal routine or course of events for your characters. Letters allow a voice without a face or in person meeting. If the letter is believable, then the recipient might suspend any disbelief they would have if the proposition or encounter were to take place in person.
Events create an environment that gives you a stage and a setting that could be festive and involve a crowd. All of this provides the recipe for the crowd to focus on a humorous, disastrous, and/or embarrassing prank.
THE BEGINNING'S END by Nikki Martin. A science fiction series with women who rescue themselves, one another, and the men connected to them, the Awake While Dreaming series will take you into a fantasy world that defies gender roles and group-imposed beliefs.
Click here for more information about book two, The Beginning's End.
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1-5 p.m. March 16, 2024, Sharon Mabry & Shana Thornton at Public Library WISE Event. More here
June 5-7, 2024. Clarksville Writers Conference, Clarksville, TN.
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