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Entries from November 2007

Author Treasures U.P. Childhood

November 19th, 2007 · 2 Comments

IRONWOOD DAILY GLOBE: Published Sunday, November 18, 2007 4:25:26 PM Central Time By DIANE MONTZ Globe Staff Writer In the title story of her new book, Coralie Cederna Johnson writes: “Nobody wanted to go to Trout Creek. There was nothing there. Nothing but a lot of trees. Trees, trees and more trees.” Overlooking the forest [...]

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Tags: Hometown Voices · Memoirs · Press Releases · Writing

Wonderful Audience!

November 8th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Last evening’s book signing for A Tree Grows in Trout Creek was so much fun! The audience at our Normal Park Neighborhood monthly meeting was terrific. They enjoyed the brief history notes and then the humorous story called Skunked. They laughed in all the right places. What more could an author ask for! And I’m [...]

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Tags: Memoirs · New Book Update · Writing

“A Tree Grows in Trout Creek” – Book Signing Tonight!

November 7th, 2007 · No Comments

I have my first book signing this evening for our neighborhood monthly meeting and am really looking forward to it! I’ll read from my new book, A Tree Grows in Trout Creek, and then take questions as time allows. I’m going to read two short excerpts, one of Michigan history and the other strictly for [...]

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Tags: Memoirs · Writing

Turning Clocks Back An Hour – Dogs Not Impressed!

November 5th, 2007 · 4 Comments

With the new time change we are experiencing this week, I’m trying to get the shelties to understand we’re doing things differently. But it’s not working! It may only be 3 a.m. but to Ginger, Carrie and Bonnie, it is 4 a.m. and time to get up! I keep telling them, they’re wrong…but they just [...]

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Tags: Pets · Shelties · This & That

600 Copies of “A Tree Grows in Trout Creek” Shipped!

November 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

Two weeks into the book sale of A Tree Grows in Trout Creek, a memoir of growing up in upper Michigan, six-hundred books have been shipped! Many thanks to all who have purchased! For book lovers everywhere, discount prices are available for a limited time. Just click on ORDER BOOKS above and pay with a [...]

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Tags: Memoirs · New Book Update · This & That · Writing

Fannie Flagg Bombs at Book Group!

November 1st, 2007 · 4 Comments

At our monthly book group today we discussed Fannie Flagg’s Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven. I must say I was surprised to find that two of our seven attendees thought it was the most boring and “stupid” book ever. For me, it was both poignant and humorous! I think it’s the small town atmosphere [...]

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Tags: Book Talk · Writing