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I'm a Christian fiction romance author with books published by three major houses: Steeple Hill/Love Inspired, Barbour, and Crossings Book Club.
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

I Knew I Wanted To Be A Writer When....


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I'm blogging over at Writers' Rest today about my writing passion - when did I first discover that I wanted to be a writer? Come on over to Writers' Rest and leave a comment!

~Cecelia Dowdy~
Posted by Cecelia Dowdy at 7:39 AM
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1 comments:

allison said...

Will do.

Saturday, November 27, 2010 7:26:00 PM EST

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