Margaret Duarte

Margaret Duarte I am the daughter of Dutch immigrants, a dairy farmer's wife, a mother, a grandmother, a teacher, and a writer. During the past eleven years, I have completed four novels of upmarket fiction and earned a creative writing certificate through UC Davis Extension. Now, I'm in the process of seeking publication. After graduating from Sacramento State College with a BA in English and a secondary teaching credential, I married the farmer next door. Over the next 30 years, I helped out on the farm, taught school, crafted ceramics, and raised two sons. Then finally I returned to what my high school and college teachers had encouraged me to pursue--writing.

Web Site: http://enterthebetween.blogspot.com/


Upmarket fiction, straddling genre lines

Feb 6, 2012
Upmarket fiction, straddling genre lines

It's important for fiction writers to be able to categorize their work, if for no other reason than to help agents, publishers, marketers, and retailers match it to what readers want. One of the first fiction category breakdowns is easy, since...

Self-Doubt, Writer’s Block, and Guilt

Jan 30, 2012
Self-Doubt, Writer’s Block, and Guilt

Powell's Books Did you know that John Steinbeck kept a journal while writing East of Eden and that it is available in book form? For writers who struggle with such things as self-doubt, writer's block, and guilt, John Steinbeck's Journal of...

Struggling to Break Free

Jan 23, 2012
Struggling to Break Free

A subject that fuels my writing is the universal struggle for spiritual and emotional freedom. The struggle for freedom also inspires Zenos Frudakis's work.  In a statement about his bronze sculpture, "...

Self-Publishing, A Reality Check

Jan 16, 2012
Self-Publishing, A Reality Check

Joe Konrath made $100,00 in three weeks selling his self-published books on Kindle.  He explains this phenomenal achievement in an article called "Reality Check," where one sentence stands out like the warni...

An unpublished author’s website: Anticipation of a 2012 breakout year

Jan 9, 2012
An unpublished author’s website: Anticipation of a 2012 breakout year

Stimulating Conversation Why do people visit an author's website? Well, that's a no-brainer.   To read about the author's published books, of course.  And if the visitors are fans or from the media, the...

2012: Gratitude just makes sense

Jan 2, 2012
2012: Gratitude just makes sense

Rosa Say What better way to start the new year than with a post about GRATITUDE? Gratitude isn't just about being thankful. Gratitude changes us neurologically, makes our brains stronger, just makes sense. Gratitude burns aw...

Why book authors need their own websites

Dec 26, 2011
Why book authors need their own websites

Many book authors decide that they do not need their own book author websites. These authors feel that they can get enough exposure by listing their book on the various online book sites. Yet, if you are truly interested in giving your book the best...

Sassman Memory Farm

Dec 20, 2011
Sassman Memory Farm

It all started with a single strand of Christmas lights put up by a brother in memory of his sister, who had passed away due to cancer. Now, 19 years later, the Christmas light display at Earl Sassman's Memory Farm at 3446 Point Pleasant Ro...

Having Never Really Lived

Dec 19, 2011
Having Never Really Lived

by Herman Beun When the 14th Dalai Lama was asked, "What about humanity suprises you the most?" he said: "Man, because he sacrifices his health in order to make money.  Then he sacrifices his money to recuperate his health.  Then he is so...

Feed is the largest single production expense on the dairy farm

Dec 12, 2011
Feed is the largest single production expense on the dairy farm

Grain corn Feed is the largest single production expense on the dairy farm. No feed means no milk. Period. Regardless of all the other factors that enter the equation, such as cow genetics, health and management, the dairy feeding program most affe...



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