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Linda Collison is the author of the acclaimed historical novel STAR-CROSSED (Knopf; 2006) which led to the sequel, Surgeon's Mate; book two of the Patricia MacPherson Nautical Adventure Series (Fireship Press). She is also a writer of magazine articles, essays, literary fiction and poetry. With her husband Bob Russell she co-authored two guidebooks: Rocky Mountain Wineries; a guide to the wayside vineyards, and Colorado Kids; a statewide family outdoor adventure guide (Pruett Publishing). . Linda has received awards from Honolulu Magazine and Southwest Writers Workshop. In 1996 she was awarded the Grand Prize from the Maui Writers Conference for her fiction. Star-Crossed, her first novel, published by Knopf, was chosen by the New York Public Library to be among the BOOKS FOR THE TEEN AGE -- 2007. Star-Crossed was the inspiration for Surgeon’s Mate; book two of the Patricia MacPherson Nautical Adventure Series.

Strong Female Protags Wearin’ the Pink

By lindacollison|2015-10-11T21:52:58-07:00October 11th, 2015|How We Write; a series of essays by guest authors, writing and publishing|

The days of the stereotypical helpless heroine of the romantic [...]

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Writing Prompts: A single sentence can keep you afloat

By lindacollison|2015-10-04T13:58:19-07:00October 4th, 2015|writing and publishing|

Message in a bottle: Mayday, Mayday, Mayday! I'm a writer, [...]

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Water Ghosts

By lindacollison|2016-01-26T16:05:44-07:00September 12th, 2015|adventure, audiobooks, nautical history, ships and boats, Water Ghosts, writing and publishing, YA|

Chinese ghosts... I have an abiding fascination in the long [...]

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The death of Creativity?

By lindacollison|2015-09-07T08:59:30-07:00September 7th, 2015|writing and publishing|

My Labor Day reflections on creative writing: Creativity is not [...]

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Bad choices make good fiction

By lindacollison|2015-08-02T22:35:24-07:00August 2nd, 2015|coming-of-age fiction, what inspires me, writing and publishing|

Bad choices -- we've all made them and they can [...]

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Teenaged eunuchs

Teenaged eunuchs

By lindacollison|2015-08-01T18:10:24-07:00August 1st, 2015|history, Water Ghosts, writing and publishing, YA|

Water Ghosts took a long time to write, mostly because [...]

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Go Set a Watchman

By lindacollison|2015-07-25T13:48:13-07:00July 18th, 2015|books, coming-of-age fiction, history, writing and publishing|

Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird influenced me greatly as [...]

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Award-winning manuscript to be published 20 years later

By lindacollison|2015-07-25T13:48:51-07:00July 16th, 2015|Blue Moon Luck, coming-of-age fiction, memoir, writing and publishing|

Twenty years ago I wrote a novel, one of my [...]

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Looking for Redfeather — Literary Fiction’s Spring Spotlight Award

By lindacollison|2015-07-25T13:49:39-07:00July 7th, 2015|coming-of-age fiction, Looking for Redfeather, writing and publishing|

Pleased to share the just-released review of Looking for Redfeather, [...]

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Water Ghosts Summer Give-Away on Amazon

By lindacollison|2015-06-30T10:38:39-07:00June 30th, 2015|Water Ghosts, YA|

Welcome aboard the Good Fortune, a traditional Chinese junk bound [...]

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