Newsletter Features Joseph Finder 
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Newsletter Features Joseph Finder! J Reviews for VANISHED promise a read that is "emotionally super charged" and "moves at the pace of an injected neuro-toxin." How does Finder capture that kind of power on the page? Read how I dissected and analyzed excerpts from VANISHED. Click here. I've been impressed with Joseph Finder's writing since the release of his first thriller. I featured Joe in a Deep Editi ng Analysis in 2007 too Would you like to read examples of how to add psychological power to your writing? Read the Deep Editing Analysis in my newsletter. To subscribe, click the link on the left of this page.
OSEPH FINDER:
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Immersion Master Classes for 2010
Are you interested in three full days of intense Deep Editing, hands-on learning, in my log hom e at the top of a Colorado mountain? Class members stay at a lodge by my home.
Here's the view from my office window -- looking toward Boulder from the west. This shot captured the top of the clouds over the canyon and the mountains beyond.
I offered five Immersion Master Class sessions in 2009. Enrollment is limited to seven. T
hey all sold out.
I am offering four IMC sess ions in 2010. The first two are sold out.
2010 IMC sessions:
September 12 - 16 
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Deep Editing Analyses
Ah! More opportunities to learn how to add psychological power to your writing. See how Margie analyzes excerpts from Joseph Finder, Stephen White, Lisa Unger, Tana French, Jeri Smith-Ready, Sue Monk Kidd, James Scott Bell, Angela Hunt, Brad Meltzer, Susan Wiggs . . . and MORE! Click here!
Margie's January Smiles . . . Presenting in Oregon!
Stretching with Nancy. 
Chatting up good times with Jessa Slade. 
Giving Hanna Rhys Barnes a halo. 
Fun with Randy Ingermanson, Eunice.
At the end of Day 2, enjoying chatting with the last to leave.
I'm sure they weren't avoiding going out in the Portland downpour. :-)
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Miniature Dachshund Update!
How would you write these facial expressions?
Calypso at 6 weeks. 
Calypso at 16 weeks.
One morning, Calypso wanted to nap before I went to work. I wanted her to play then, nap while I was gone.
Thinking I'm smarter than a dachshund, I propped her froggie napping pillow against a table leg.
Calypso snuggled in for her morning nap.
Thalia and Calypso play tug-of-war.
Ah -- Doggie naps in the sun.
Thank you for visiting my web site!
All smiles..................Margie
