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Since the focus of this blog is real life and true to life ficitonal strong women and their brave stories, I chose May as the month for a MEGA May gift basket.<\/p>\n

All the authors who guest this month will donate a book to the MEGA May gift basket.<\/strong> Your chances of being drawn as a winner increase each time you post a comment this month. So don’t be shy!<\/p>\n

I have two readers who have written tributes to their mothers and will post them this month. Do you have a woman that you’d like to thank publicly for helping or mentoring you? If so, click Contact<\/strong> above and send me your short thank you. I will post them this month. (If you’re concerned about privacy, I’ll only use first names.)<\/p>\n

So here are the first questions to comment on:<\/p>\n

Why do you think I chose May as my MEGA month?<\/p>\n

If you read my serialized story, La Belle Christiane,<\/strong><\/em> last year, you know she had several women who helped and mentored her. Who would Christiane thank?–Lyn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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