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FINDING GRACE AND GRIT

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ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS

NEW Finalist AWA 2023!

FINALIST Best New (Debut) Fiction: Sharon Mabry's THE POSTMASTER'S DAUGHTER

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NEW Finalist AWA 2023!

FINALIST Best New (Debut) Fiction: Sharon Mabry's THE POSTMASTER'S DAUGHTER

2023 Finalist in Best New (Debut) Fiction for the American Writing Awards: Sharon Mabry's THE POSTMASTER'S DAUGHTER 

January 25, 2024

Parnassus Books to Host Sharon Mabry's Book Launch for New Book

6:30 p.m. CST

Parnassus Books. Nashville, TN

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January 25, 2024

Parnassus Books to Host Sharon Mabry's Book Launch for New Book

SAVE THE DATE: Parnassus Books will host Sharon Mabry's book launch for her new memoir, THE BLUE BOX AND MEMORIES THAT LIVE IN THE BONES, at...

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6:30 p.m. CST

Parnassus Books. Nashville, TN

Awards 2023

National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist!--THE POSTMASTER'S DAUGHTER

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Awards 2023

National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist!--THE POSTMASTER'S DAUGHTER

Sharon Mabry's debut novel, THE POSTMASTER'S DAUGHTER, named Finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards! 

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Updated: Submissions 2023

Submissions Period Extended for Book Dedicated to Dr. Jill Eichhorn

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Updated: Submissions 2023

Submissions Period Extended for Book Dedicated to Dr. Jill Eichhorn

INSPIRATION TO ACTION: A TRIBUTE TO JILL EICHHORN, PROFESSOR, ACTIVIST, PEACEKEEPER (Forthcoming TBD).  Click here for Submission Guidelines...

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JULY 20, 2023

Sharon Mabry Guest on Authors Over 50 Podcast

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JULY 20, 2023

Sharon Mabry Guest on Authors Over 50 Podcast

Sharon Mabry, author of THE POSTMASTER'S DAUGHTER, is a guest on Authors Over 50, celebrating your success in Life’s Sweetest Third in July....

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The Blue Box and Memories that Live in the Bones Sharon Mabry memoir wit humor Thorncraft Publishing

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PRE-ORDER The Blue Box and Memories that Live in the Bones by Sharon Mabry. 


On All orders placed by December 31, 2023, Books will be delivered by the Publication Date of January 25, 2024.


About the Book

A salad-eating dog, the haunted trunk, a 'possum who drinks coffee-The Blue Box and Memories that Live in the Bones by Sharon Mabry is a collection of stories about Mabry's growing up years in the mountains of East Tennessee, some of the adventures in her 56-year marriage, and her thoughts on retirement after teaching for 52 years at Austin Peay State University. Mabry writes with wit and candor about her mother's declining health and the changes to her family home. Throughout her life, Mabry finds the humor that lives within each moment. The Blue Box and Memories that Live in the Bones is a collection that glimpses into the inner joy that maintains Mabry's dimpled cheeks and smiling eyes. It's a contagious outlook that will inspire readers to find amusement in their own reflections.


**Price includes TN state sales tax and Montgomery county sales tax. All sales final. No refunds or exchanges.

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For international orders, please select Contact Us and we will work out the details for shipping. 


Read more about the book here.

JULY 2023 PODCAST VIDEO

PODCAST! Sharon Mabry talks about her book career with Julia Daily on the Authors Over 50 Podcast. Watch it here.

Book Trailer for THE BEGINNING'S END

THE BEGINNING'S END by Nikki Martin. A science fiction series with women who rescue themselves, one another, and the men connected to them, the Awake While Dreaming series will take you into a fantasy world that defies gender roles and group-imposed beliefs. 

Click here for more information about book two, The Beginning's End.

THE NUDGE

THE NUDGE WRITING PROMPTS

Each month, publisher Shana Thornton give you a new free writing prompt here on our home page. 


Writing Prompt Style for 2023 

Throughout 2023, you'll receive a thematic writing prompt along with one to two vocabulary words to add an extra challenge to the theme and the writing prompt. You look up the definitions and try to add the monthly vocabulary word(s) to your writing. Good luck in creating good writing this year.


Nudge #14

NOVEMBER: Theme-- A Porch Conversation


The porch, how much transpires there? Deliveries, drop offs, pick ups, chance encounters, surprise packages, guests received, goodbyes expressed, boxes and presents and mail. 


If you're writing fiction, place your character on the porch, having a conversation. What type of porch? Are your characters on the steps leading to the porch? Is it a stoop? Or, does it wrap around to a balcony? Do they seek the porch for retreat? Do they use it to listen to the outside world, to the inside of the house coming out? What does the porch contain?


Is your character talking to a stranger? To herself? Does she take someone's calls on the porch for privacy? 


If you're writing nonfiction, describe a porch that was important to you or a moment in your life. Look around and notice how other people use their porches.


Vocabulary Words for added challenge:

1. colonnade

2. portage



 MORE OF THE NUDGE HERE

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January 25, 2024. Sharon Mabry at Parnassus Books, Nashville, TN. 

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June 5-7, 2024. Clarksville Writers Conference, Clarksville, TN.

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