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THE WRITER

You'll find tools, information, and encouragement to help you write your best and publish more.

Get Organized, Get Published! : 225 Ways to Make Time for Success

Aslett and Cartaino offer advice on creating a writing agenda and a "getting published action plan."

Secrets of the Professional Writer

by: Richard Mann

Let a grizzled old pro writer explain the hard-won tricks of the trade in this light-hearted but immensely practical guide to successful writing of any kind. Learn more...

Featured Author Maureen McMahon by M. McMahon "Despite the flasher, the marching band and Uncle Frank’s unexpected dousing in the duck pond, could it still be The Perfect Wedding? Is old Emaline really as forgetful as she seems, or is she fully aware of the Legacy she will be leaving behind?" Maureen McMahon, mystery writer, busness owner, writing instuctor, and more-- peaks our interest in her characters.

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Have you ever thought about writing a mystery, and gave up the idea because you weren't sure how to start it? Well now is your chance to go out and write that mystery you have always dreamed of. You Can Write A Mystery written by Gillian Roberts, author of the Anthony Award-winning Amanda Pepper Series, will help you start your mystery and guide you through to the end. You Can Write a Mystery (You Can Write... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MAUREEN McMAHON

Maureen was born in Niles, Michigan. She studied English and creative writing, first at Niles High School and later at Western Michigan University. She earned an English Major/Creative Writing Emphasis from WMU and obtained teaching certification.
Fascinated with her mother’s country of birth, Maureen traveled to Australia in 1981 to visit relatives. She met and married her husband in 1983. She now resides on the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria, with her husband, her two teenaged children, two labradors, two cats, a cockatoo and a dozen chickens.
Maureen has been publishing short stories and articles in Australia and the U.S. for many years. She was a staff writer for Australian Runner Magazine for three years. Her novel, Shadows In The Mist, a mystery suspense, is published by Avid Press, LLC. A romantic modern gothic novel, Return Of The Gulls, will be released November 2001 also from Avid Press, while an anthology of her short stories and poetry, A Nightingale In The Sycamore is now available from DiskUs Publishing in electronic format. She is currently working on a third, a mystery suspense entitled Apollo Moon with a sequel to Return Of The Gulls a possibility. An historical romance The Sea, The South, The Storm, and a creative writing teacher’s manual are currently completed and are in the process of being edited.

Maureen was selected in January 2001 by Western Michigan University as one of eleven noteworthy alumni, and has been featured in the 2001 WMU Foundation Calendar.

Maureen is list owner and moderator of the Electronically Published Professionals (EPPRO), an exclusive organization working to bring quality and professionalism to electronic publishing. She is co-moderator of Australia/New Zealand (ANZ) Authors. She is a member of the Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW), the Victorian Writer’s Centre, the Australian Society of Authors (ASA), the Australian branch of Romance Writers of America (RWAust), Romance Writers of Australia (Ozromance), Sisters in Crime (SINC) and Peninsula Writers. She has taught creative writing to both adults and children locally for a number of years, and via her website Moonspinners Writer’s Page, where she also offers a professional critiquing and editing service.

A NIGHTINGALE IN THE SYCAMORE

INTRODUCTION: Despite the flasher, the marching band and Uncle Frank’s unexpected dousing in the duck pond, could it still be The Perfect Wedding? Is old Emaline really as forgetful as she seems, or is she fully aware of the Legacy she will be leaving behind? When bigoted George Barker refuses to accept his new Jewish neighbor, what is the catalyst that triggers The Battle Of Bell Boulevard? What fate awaits such Star Crossed lovers as the iguana and the mermaid? Will Bridgette ever overcome her weight problem -- and what tragedy of fate is in store for her? What arrangement will The Devil and Beano McDuff come to in order to win Shady Grove Rest Home’s beanbag tossing championship? Read these stories and many more in A Nightingale In The Sycamore. Humor, intrigue, romance, inspiration ... author Maureen McMahon provides it all in this fine collection of short fiction.

It was the perfect wedding. The park is such a beautiful place in the autumn with the leaves vivid orange, red, yellow and all the shades in between and the grass so rich and green with new growth. It's really just the most romantic setting. They'd erected an arbor covered with twining ivy and roses under which the bride and groom were to stand during the ceremony. In front of this was a small podium for the minister. The guests stood about under huge oaks and pines. Still, it's taking a bit of a chance holding such an important event in such a public place. You never know who belongs and who doesn't. That's why it probably never occurred to anyone to question the grey-haired man who took his place at the podium. I'm sure we all just assumed that he was the minister. The bride was waiting some distance away for her cue and the groom was fidgeting -- much too nervous to notice. I suppose someone should have wondered why the minister was wearing a raincoat; after all, the sun was quite bright without the least hint of rain. By the time we all realized that he was NOT the minister he had already whipped open his raincoat. It was one of those rubbery affairs, (the raincoat, I mean) and I wondered how he could stand to wear it right next to his skin with nothing to prevent chafing. I couldn't help but feel sorry for him and the thought crossed my mind that someone should take up a collection to help him purchase a more practical raincoat. The episode itself wasn't so bad. He did have quite a nice looking appendage (as far as they go) and no one could have said he wasn't well built. He was gone in a flash (excuse the pun) so no one was offended for long. Sister Beatrice was quite all right after she came to -- she was only out for a few seconds anyway and by that time, the ceremony was nearly ready to start.

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