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Congratulations to you both on the publication of Worth Remembering. It has been a long road to walk and I know you’ve done it well.
I’ll toot my own horn a bit and tell you that the Redwood Writers Anthology, Vintage Voices, is coming out this month and includes my story, KIDNAPPED; I’m delighted!
Arletta