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Why Amazon May Decide Not to Post Your Book Review
So…here’s my tangent today and I’d like to share it with all of you. Yesterday I noticed a post on my Facebook feed about a petition to prevent Amazon from arbitrarily deciding not to post book reviews based upon their belief that the reviewer might know the author. What this means is that if you…
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The Stories Behind the Story: The Edge of Nowhere Part III
Last night I returned to Minnesota after a long trip back to Oklahoma for a family reunion. The timing of my trip was impeccable as I’m currently in the final editing stages of my book, The Edge of Nowhere, which is expected to be released this Spring by Penner Publishing. This novel was inspired by my grandmother’s…
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Book Review: Bully – A Fall Away Novel by Penelope Douglas
A couple of years ago I read a book by Colleen Hoover entitled Hopeless. It was the first title I’d ever read in the new category dubbed as “New Adult.” It was a cross between Young Adult Fiction, with characters in their late teens, and Adult Fiction because it included themes that were a bit…
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Book Review: The Mapmaker’s Children
Several weeks ago I entered a raffle for a free copy of Sarah McCoy‘s newest novel, The Mapmaker’s Children. I’d never heard of McCoy, but the premise of her novel looked interesting. It implied the intersecting of a Civil War-era Abolitionist woman and a modern-day woman who moves to a small town with a significant…
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2015 Lawton Chautauqua (June 16-20)
If you’ve followed my website at all recently, then you know that my upcoming novel, The Edge of Nowhere, follows the story of a widowed mother of ten children struggling to survive through the 1930s Oklahoma Dust Bowl. But what was the Dust Bowl, really? The Lawton Public Library in Lawton, Oklahoma is hosting a…
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Stories Behind the Story: The Edge of Nowhere (Part II)
Late last year I wrote an article for Rochester Women magazine about local author, Abbie Williams, whose newest novel, Heart of a Dove, was about to be released by Central Avenue Publishing. Her novel (which is an excellent read, by the way) is about a young woman in the early post Civil War days who…
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Stories Behind the Story: The Edge of Nowhere
A dear friend of mine recently referred to going back home to Oklahoma as being akin to putting on a favorite old warm fuzzy robe and slippers. It just feels good. I have to concur. In another week or so, I’ll be returning to Oklahoma for the first time in about two years. To say I’m homesick…
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The News is Out!
If you’ve not heard yet, the news is out! Penner Publishing announced today the forthcoming release of my new novel, The Edge of Nowhere! I can’t tell you how excited I am! To read about it, follow this link. What can I tell you about this new novel? It’s gritty and real. It tells the…
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3rd Grade Boy Reports Kidnapping
It’s been a while since I’ve shared a funny kid story. Usually I share a story about my own kids, but today I have a story that I’ve “borrowed” from a friend who works in the office of a nearby elementary school. Kathie S. is a secretary in the office of a local school. In…
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Red Oklahoma Earth
My novel, The Edge of Nowhere, is expected to be released this Fall by Penner Publishing. In it, I talk extensively of my love for the red Oklahoma dirt. It’s hard to imagine unless you’ve seen it firsthand, so I’ve stolen this photo from my cousin. Ignore the mud – Oklahoma is under siege at present…
C.H. Armstrong Books
Official Website of Author & Literary Agent, Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong
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