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* work behind the scenes so that your words are always delivered in your
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There was so much common-sense advice packed into author Seth Godin's August 2, 2006, blog post that I asked him if I could reprint it here. Be sure to read his Advice for Authors, and while you're at it, check out more helpful articles for writers on my Writer in the House page.

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Tesseracts Nine coverBefore the Altar on the Feast for All Souls by Marg Gilks, in Tesseracts Nine (finalist, Prix Aurora Award and Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year Award), was shortlisted for the 2006 Carl Brandon Society Kindred Award.
"My favorite short story of all we read. Done with a wonderfully light hand. Most of the people in this story are dead, which is what is so neat about it." – judge Ursula K. LeGuin

Dia de los Muertos coverBefore the Altar on the Feast for All Souls by Marg Gilks, in Dia de los Muertos - A Day of the Dead Anthology published by Elektrik Milk Bath Press










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