Category Archives: authors

Next Step Writers Conference

Posted on February 11, 2012 by robinofrockridge

I’m looking forward to the Next Step Writers Conference on April 28th of this year. Contact redwoodwriters.org for more information.

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Review of War Horse

Posted on February 3, 2012 by robinofrockridge

War Horse – the movie and the book Review by Annette Hinrichs              This is a review of the recent movie War Horse, that as an avid horse lover, I of course went to see.  The movie starts in the beautiful … Continue reading →

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Review of The Journey to Andersweldt

Posted on January 28, 2012 by robinofrockridge

I applaud my writer friend Charles Markee for permission to re-post his excellent book review about The Journey to Andersweldt by J.L. Jusaitis. This is a unique mystery wrapped in a travel package for middle grades students set in Saltzburg, … Continue reading →

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Mutt Monday: The Zen of Australian Shepherds

Posted on January 12, 2012 by robinofrockridge

Here’s a “borrowed” post from my writer friend (& co-Redwood Writer,) Deborah Taylor French. Thanks, Deborah for sharing your “Mutt Monday” blog post. Robin Mutt Monday: The Zen of Australian Shepherds.

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New Year’s in 1900

Posted on January 5, 2012 by robinofrockridge

Thanks again to my great friend Arletta Dawdy for permission to repost her New Year’s blog about Grace’s story. Watch for her upcoming novel titled By Grace. 1900 A NEW CENTURY by Arletta Dawdy’s Blog My last post  was an excerpt … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year

Posted on December 31, 2011 by robinofrockridge

Thank you to my good friend Kent Sorensen for permission to use his beautiful photo in my blog. He’s not only a superb photographer but a gifted author. Watch for his novel The Dark Horse of Shanghai later this spring. Photo … Continue reading →

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Christmas in New York, 1898, by Arletta Dawdy

Posted on December 20, 2011 by robinofrockridge

Thank you to my friend, Arletta Dawdy, for permission to copy & post her blog about Christmas in New York in the year 1898. Arletta is the author of The Huachuca Trilogy of historical fiction set in the southwest. December … Continue reading →

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Patsy and the Permanents

Posted on December 6, 2011 by robinofrockridge

Here’s a guest post from our good friend Phillis Ballew in Oklahoma. I asked her a while ago to tell me about her photo (above). Knowing she has stick-straight hair, like me, I wondered about the permanents. Below is Phillis’s explanation: Patsy was … Continue reading →

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Hewey Learns About Gratitude

Posted on November 24, 2011 by robinofrockridge

Here’s a book review I wrote last year. Hewey  Calloway learns to appreciate the strength of family. The Good Old Boys by Elmer Kelton Author Elmer Kelton started writing The Good Old Boys while his father was still able to … Continue reading →

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Thank you, Arletta

Posted on November 16, 2011 by robinofrockridge

Check out Arletta’s blog: http://arlettawrites.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/from-the-land-of-sky-blue-pink/#comment-369 I’m glad she liked my reading of part of Nugget’s story at the Redwood Writers meeting 11/13/11. He’s real, but of course his story will be fiction as I write it for NaNoWriMo this year. … Continue reading →

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