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<\/span><\/span>Lone Star Reviews<\/span>Michelle Newby, NBCC,<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span>Texas Reads<\/span>Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n

>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span>New Wingate novel weaves intriguing family saga<\/span><\/h1>\n

Lisa Wingate\u2019s new novel, <\/span>The Sea Keeper\u2019s Daughters<\/span> (Tyndale House, $19.99 hardcover, $14.99 paperback) revolves around family secrets that gradually come to the surface.<\/p>\n

Whitney Monroe owns two restaurants in Michigan that are in financial trouble because a ruthless competitor is trying to drive her out of business. As she struggles desperately to save the restaurants, Whitney gets a message that her estranged stepfather in North Carolina is in the hospital after a bad fall.<\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/span>So Whitney leaves her cousin Denise to run the restaurant while she inexplicably heads to the Outer Banks of North Carolina to check on her stepfather, Clyde, whom she loathes. After all, when Whitney\u2019s mother died, she left the family-owned hotel to him as long as he continued to live there. Eventually it would go to her, but Clyde has been nothing but ornery and combative over the years.<\/p>\n

Whitney would prefer to sell the run-down building and use the money to keep her restaurants alive, but she can\u2019t as long as Clyde resides there. In the meantime, perhaps she can sell off some of her mother\u2019s and grandmother\u2019s antiques.<\/p>\n

While going through them, however, Whitney discovers a letter from a great-aunt she\u2019s never heard of. And then other letters begin to pop up, hinting at long-held family secrets involving the mysterious mixed-race Appalachian Melungeons, and Whitney is captivated. Even so, she would like to get Clyde situated in a nursing home so she can claim ownership of her building, dispose of it, and get back to her troubled restaurants in Michigan.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, two attractive young men with competing interests in the future of her hotel seem increasingly attracted to Whitney, and she to them.<\/p>\n

As the family saga unfolds, Whitney is faced with tough decisions on two fronts:\u00ac what to do about the restaurants, and what to do about the hotel and her stepfather, not to mention the intriguing tale involving her ancestors.<\/p>\n

Lisa Wingate,<\/span> author of twenty-five books, lives in Clifton, Texas, near Waco. The Sea Keeper\u2019s Daughters<\/span><\/a><\/span> is a stand-alone novel but is set in the same region as her last book, The Story Keeper.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Wingate has a strong following in inspirational fiction and has won a number of awards, but her writing career may be about to ascend to the next level. In an e-mail, she said her next novel, The Foundlings,<\/span> will be coming out in 2017 after it was purchased by a major New York publishing house \u201cin one of those deals you dream about but don\u2019t think will ever happen.\u201d Stay tuned.<\/p>\n

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Glenn Dromgoole,<\/span> co-author of 101 Essential Texas Books<\/span><\/a><\/span> has teamed up with Jay Moore to write a children\u2019s picture book, Abilene A to Z,<\/span> about the city\u2019s history and culture \u2013 published fall 2015 by Abilene Christian University Press. Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/p>\n

>> <\/span>Check out his previous Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Lit<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

5th annual Dobie Dichos slated for Nov. 6 in Oakville<\/h1>\n

<\/span><\/span>On Friday, Nov. 6, 2015,<\/span> the 5th annual Dobie Dichos storytelling event will take place at the Historic Oakville Jailhouse Lodge in Oakville, Texas, from 6:00 to 9:30 p.m. The cost of meal and performance is $15; admission for the performance only is $10.\u00a0 Tickets go on sale in September<\/p>\n

Presented by George West Storyfest Association, Inc., this event honors Live Oak County\u2019s most famous son, J. Frank Dobie, to celebrate Dobie\u2019s works and contributions to literature, folklore, and storytelling.\u00a0 >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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LONE STAR LISTENS <\/span>interviews\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span>Kay Ellington, Editor and Publisher<\/span><\/h1>\n

Lisa Sandlin on writing and publishing:
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Lisa Sandlin, who will appear at the Texas Book Festival<\/span> this coming weekend, has been publishing stories to acclaim for three decades. But her debut novel, The Do-Right, has introduced the Beaumont native to a much broader audience and rave reviews. Lone Star Literary caught up with the creative writing professor via email to discuss being named one of \u201cTen Writers to Watch\u201d by Texas Monthly, among other accolades.<\/span><\/p>\n

LONE STAR LITERARY LIFE:<\/span> You\u2019re a longtime writer and an author, Lisa, but The Do-Right<\/span> is your first novel. What inspired you to make this your first full-length work of fiction?<\/p>\n

LISA SANDLIN: <\/span>I really, really enjoyed letting my imagination loose on Delpha Wade and Tom Phelan. (A paddle ball as a weapon! An alligator fight!) Bobby and Johnny Byrd of Cinco Puntos Press were editors of Lone Star Noir,<\/span> the Texas volume of Akashic Books\u2019 Noir Series. They invited me to write a dark story with a Texas setting. I picked my hometown, unsurprisingly, and wrote \u201cPhelan\u2019s First Case.\u201d At a reading one night in San Antonio, John Byrd said, \u201cThis story has legs.\u201d I listened to John. >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Bookish Texas<\/span> event highlights\u00a0 10.11.2015
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IT’S TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL WEEK!<\/h1>\n

20th ANNIVERSARY TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL<\/h1>\n

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Full schedule posted for 300 authors, dozens of events during Texas Book Fest, Oct. 17-18<\/h1>\n

20th anniversary lineup to feature Margaret Atwood, Taye Diggs, Nick Flynn, Linda Gray, Daniel Handler, Gary Hart, Chuck Palahniuk, and more<\/p>\n

AUSTIN\u2014A record 300 authors <\/span>are coming to the 2015 Texas Book Festival, Oct. 17 and 18, the largest number in the Festival\u2019s twenty-year history. Nationally renowned authors include Margaret Atwood, Taye Diggs, Nick Flynn, Linda Gray, Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket), Gary Hart, Luis Alberto Urerra, Margo Jefferson, Attica Locke, Marie Lu, Chuck Palahniuk, Tavi Gevinson,<\/span> and Adrian Tomine.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other headlining authors include Sandra Cisneros<\/span> (the only 2015 author who was part of the first Festival in 1995), Steve Inskeep, Azar Nafisi, Leonard Pitts, Jr., Mary Helen Specht, Jonathan Lethem, Lauren Groff, John Sununu, Scott Simon,<\/span> and Robert Christgau.<\/span> The full list of authors and their featured books is available online at www.texasbookfestival.org.<\/a><\/span> >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Pulitzer winner Brooks featured at Friends of the Dallas Public Library gala Oct. 13; organization to honor Bob Mong<\/h1>\n

Geraldine Brooks, the journalist and author<\/span> whose 2006 book March<\/span> won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, will be the featured speaker at the Friends of the Dallas Public Library annual gala on October 13. Her appearance coincides with the release of The Secret Chord,<\/span> a novel about the life of King David.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>Brooks, a native Australian and a former foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, is the author of five novels and three nonfiction books with total sales of over 2 million. Her newest book is being praised by Booklist as a \u201cgorgeously written novel of ambition, courage, retribution, and triumph\u201d that \u201cfeels simultaneously ancient, accessible, and timeless.\u201d >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Mockingbird Chapter, Poetry Society of Texas, presents inaugural poet Richard Blanco, Oct. 15 in McKinney<\/h1>\n

The Mockingbird Chapter <\/span>of the Poetry Society of Texas, in partnership with McKinney Performing Arts Center (MPAC) and the Arts and Music Guild, is thrilled to announce \u201cRhythms of Pen and Brush,\u201d a celebration of art, music, and spoken word, on Thurs., Oct. 15, featuring nationally acclaimed poet Richard Blanco.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>Mr. Blanco (left) is the fifth poet ever to present at a president\u2019s inauguration. >> READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Highland Park presents Sinatra biographer Kaplan in Authors LIVE! Oct. 29<\/h1>\n

The Friends of the Highland Park Library,<\/span> the Highland Park United Methodist Church, and the Friends of the SMU Libraries will host James Kaplan<\/span> in an Authors LIVE! program 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29 at Wesley Hall at Dallas’s HPUMC.<\/p>\n

Kaplan\u2019s new biography, Sinatra:\u00a0 The Chairman,<\/span> will be signed and available for purchase before and after the program. The 7 p.m. program is free and open to the public. >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Bestselling author <\/span><\/span><\/span>Lisa Wingate on The Sea Keeper\u2019s Daughters and the Huckleberry Report<\/span><\/h1>\n

Lisa Wingate,<\/span> bestselling author of 25 books, talks about her latest novel, <\/span>The Sea Keeper\u2019s Daughters,<\/span> and publishing mainstream and Christian fiction. <\/span>>> LISTEN NOW (mp3)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Christy nominee <\/span><\/span>Allison Pittman and the shifting sands of a writing career<\/h1>\n

Alison Pittman,<\/span> author of 13 Christian novels, three of which have been Christy nominees, talks about her latest novel, On Shifting Sand.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span>WHERE IN TEXAS?<\/span><\/h1>\n

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NOW ON TOUR: FICTION<\/h1>\n

Deadlock by DiAnn Mills<\/h1>\n

VISIT WITH DiANN OCT. 1<\/a><\/span>2\u201326<\/p>\n

Oct. 12 – Books and Broomsticks promo<\/p>\n

Oct. 13 – All For the Love of the Word promo<\/p>\n

Oct. 14 – Texas Book Lover promo<\/p>\n

Oct. 15\u00a0 – Bookishjessp promo<\/p>\n

Oct. 16\u00a0 – Blogging for the Love of Authors and Their Books review<\/p>\n

Oct. 17\u00a0 – Hall Ways Author Q&A<\/p>\n

Oct. 18\u00a0 – MissusGonzo review<\/p>\n

Oct. 19\u00a0 – The Page Unbound promo<\/p>\n

Oct. 20\u00a0 – Books and Broomsticks Author Q&A<\/p>\n

Oct. 21 – The Crazy Booksellers promo<\/p>\n

Oct. 22 – Texas Book-aholic promo<\/p>\n

Oct. 23 – All For the Love of the Word review<\/p>\n

Oct. 24 – Because This is My Life, Y\u2019all promo<\/p>\n

Oct. 25 – My Book Fix review<\/p>\n

Oct. 26 – Book Crazy Gals review<\/p>\n

NOW ON TOUR: TEXAS COOKING<\/h1>\n

Texas Is Chili Country by Judy Alter<\/h1>\n

VISIT WITH JUDY OCT. 15<\/a><\/span>\u2013OCT. 29<\/p>\n

CONTINUING ON TOUR: FICTION<\/h1>\n

Sex As a Political Condition: A Border Novel
by Carlos Nicol\u00e1s Flores<\/h1>\n

VISIT WITH CARLOS OCT. 1<\/a><\/span>7\u201331<\/p>\n

NOW ON TOUR: WESTERN HISTORY<\/h1>\n

Finding the Great Western Trail
by Sylvia Gann Mahoney<\/h1>\n

VISIT WITH SYLVIA OCT. 15<\/a><\/span>\u201329<\/p>\n

CONTINUING ON TOUR: FICTION<\/h1>\n

Stillwater by Melissa Lenhardt<\/h1>\n

VISIT WITH MELISSA THROUGH OCT. 15<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Oct. 11 – Hall Ways promo<\/p>\n

Oct. 12 – Because This is My Life Y\u2019all promo<\/p>\n

Oct. 13 – My Book Fix promo<\/p>\n

Oct. 14 – The Page Unbound promo<\/p>\n

Oct. 15 – Book Crazy Gals review<\/p>\n

CONTINUING ON TOUR: NONFICTION<\/h1>\n

Dr. M\u00fctter’s Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz<\/h1>\n

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VISIT WITH CRISTIN THROUGH OCT. 12<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Oct 11. – Because This is My Life Y\u2019all review<\/p>\n

Oct 12. – Hall Ways review<\/p>\n

CONTINUING ON TOUR: MEMOIR<\/h1>\n

I Hate Pinatas: Surviving Life’s Unexpected Surprises by Heather Maloy<\/h1>\n

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VISIT WITH HEATHER THROUGH OCT. 15<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Oct. 11 – Bookishjessp review<\/p>\n

Oct. 12 – All For the Love of the Word Author Q&A<\/p>\n

Oct. 13 – MissusGonzo review<\/p>\n

Oct. 14 – Texas Book-aholic review<\/p>\n

Oct. 15 – All For the Love of the Word review<\/p>\n

RECENTLY ON TOUR: FICTION<\/h1>\n

Ransom Canyon by Jodi Thomas<\/h1>\n

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COMING SOON: Bookish Texas Classifieds<\/h1>\n

Looking for a job, a designer, an editor, a publisher?<\/p>\n

Starting in fall 2015, we’ll help you find them in our online classifieds section. If you’re interested in advertising for pennies a day, contact ads@LoneStarLiterary.com to run your listing here.<\/p>\n

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