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Tag: Sailing Stories

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Becalmed 2nd Edition available now!

9 April 20259 April 2025By Normandie

I hope you enjoy the new look! AMAZON When a Southern woman with a broken heart finds herself falling for a widower with a broken

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Stop by WFWA Café May 25-May 29

21 May 201521 May 2015By Normandie

We’ll be discussing Sailing out of Darkness all week long at the Women’s Fiction Writers Association Café on Facebook. Stop by any time to comment

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HAVING FUN AGAIN–ASPEN GOLD FINALIST!

19 July 201419 July 2014By Normandie

Y’all know how much fun contests are. Well, this has been a delightful week for my books. Today, I learned that Sailing out of Darkness

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STORMS AND STORIES: Post-Hurricane, a Story from Mexico

6 July 20148 July 2014By Normandie

One of my WIPs begins with a scene taken from my first storm on board Sea Venture. We’d moved the boat from the CA Delta

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Learning a new skill: The Trailer Revisited

29 April 2014By Normandie

(Or, it’s back to school for me.) Editor Linda Yezak donned a flak jacket before writing to tell me what was wrong with the Sailing

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Marketing Stage 3: Sailing out of Darkness Book Trailer

26 April 201426 April 2014By Normandie

What can I say?  After yesterday’s fun, I decided to play some more.   [embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyZDn2ta6Nw[/embedyt]   Here is the new book trailer for Sailing out

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Marketing, Stage 2: Becalmed’s Book Trailer

25 April 201425 April 2014By Normandie

  Some authors and social media experts have suggested that book trailers aren’t worth the effort in terms of sales. Maybe not, but I love

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Actors to Play Characters in Sailing out of Darkness

24 January 201424 January 2014By Normandie

I love Facebook and my interaction with friends. John Pelkey was the first to come up with actors he thought would be perfect for Becalmed‘s

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Pictures from Sea Venture’s Trip North to NYC

14 August 201314 August 2013By Normandie

As seen on my Facebook Author Page, including Chesapeake City Book Signing:

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Beta Reader Reviews BECALMED

28 May 2013By Normandie

From Nicole Petrino-Salter’s blog Into the Fire comes Becalmed’s first blog review.  I’m doing a happy dance. Here’s a bit out of the middle: Normandie

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