April 22, 2024 • 35 mins
Donna Conrad is an award-winning author, journalist, activist, and teacher. Her core values revolve around individual empowerment, a sustaining ideal running through the books she writes. Her writing interests include articles for fine-art periodicals, memoir/narrative non-fiction, as well as historical, flash, and paranormal fiction. She is a regular presenter at writers' conferences. Donna's life is as varied as her writing. She embraces change as an exciting adventure. She has studied writing with the likes of Alan Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Jack Whyte. The Last Magdalene is an exquisite story of passion and love, and the lasting power of one woman’s voice which refuses to be silenced.
The Last Magdalene: Book One of the Magdalene Chronicles
http://donnaconrad.com
ayna Locke is a Minnesota writer who has had a lifelong love of fiction. She earned her MFA in writing from the University of New Hampshire. Her short stories have appeared in a range of literary journals, including Great Lakes Review, Portage Magazine, and Bright Flash Literary Review, as well as several anthologies. She is reachable through her website. With springtime in the air, a toddler chases a ball onto a melting icecovered lake far beyond his parents’ reach. As the chill of Autumn comes to Minnesota, Max opens the door to find a grizzled drifter on the doorstep. Then Max realizes he knows the man.
When Julie returns to her mother’s home on the shores of Lake Superior, she sees an odd shape tossed by the waves onto the beach. What is it? Somewhere in Minnesota is a short story collection about the frenetic human experience and the ways in which life manifests itself and delivers defining moments. With Minnesota lakes and seasons as the backdrop, each story shares a different tale of characters experiencing life's unexpected turns — from peculiar circumstances to moments of crisis — that at least temporarily set their world off its axis.
https://jaynalocke.com, or at https://twitter.com/jaynatweets.
The Last Magdalene: Book One of the Magdalene Chronicles
http://donnaconrad.com
ayna Locke is a Minnesota writer who has had a lifelong love of fiction. She earned her MFA in writing from the University of New Hampshire. Her short stories have appeared in a range of literary journals, including Great Lakes Review, Portage Magazine, and Bright Flash Literary Review, as well as several anthologies. She is reachable through her website. With springtime in the air, a toddler chases a ball onto a melting icecovered lake far beyond his parents’ reach. As the chill of Autumn comes to Minnesota, Max opens the door to find a grizzled drifter on the doorstep. Then Max realizes he knows the man.
When Julie returns to her mother’s home on the shores of Lake Superior, she sees an odd shape tossed by the waves onto the beach. What is it? Somewhere in Minnesota is a short story collection about the frenetic human experience and the ways in which life manifests itself and delivers defining moments. With Minnesota lakes and seasons as the backdrop, each story shares a different tale of characters experiencing life's unexpected turns — from peculiar circumstances to moments of crisis — that at least temporarily set their world off its axis.
https://jaynalocke.com, or at https://twitter.com/jaynatweets.
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