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Be a writer! Be a writer!

April 3, 2013

I was so pleased to have the opportunity to talk to area 10th-graders at Mankato’s Career Expo. Three of us …

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Neil Gaiman, “Our Town” and memorial benches

April 2, 2013

Amy Goetzman of MinnPost interviewed me recently about my book. I talk about what makes a cemetery inviting, the phenomenon …

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A detailed burial account

March 30, 2013

I grew up Catholic, a religion that places a heavy and somber emphasis on Lent. In my book I write …

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“…drawn to the stories she gathered in graveyards”

March 29, 2013

Tanner Kent did a great job writing a story about my book that appeared in today’s edition of the Mankato …

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Mr. Dufault’s Opus

March 25, 2013

What’s the longest time you’ve stood in line at a wake? Wakes in Waseca are legendary—anyone who had lived in …

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March 24, 2013

Originally posted on Draft No. 4:
It takes a village to raise a child, and my village was the graveyard. —from Rachael…

“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind…”

March 22, 2013

“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” …

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A launch week report

March 21, 2013

I guess this is it! Launch week for We’ll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down. I’m starting to hear …

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March 19, 2013

Originally posted on shelley tougas:
A new memoir by Rachael Hanel Here’s part two of the Q & A with Rachael…

March 18, 2013

Originally posted on shelley tougas:
Today I’m posting a Q & A with Rachael Hanel, author of We’ll Be the Last…

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