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Monthly Archives: April 2010

Books, Inspiration, Works in Progress

Inspiration strikes

Author Amy Sparkes Date April 30, 2010
Well…you never know when inspiration is going to hit. Even if you think time...
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Books, Gruff, Works in Progress

Write, write and write again

Author Amy Sparkes Date April 12, 2010
Well, the exciting news is now that most of the text for the Gruff...
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News

It begins…

Author Amy Sparkes Date April 6, 2010
Three years after sitting down to write my first book, Hodge the Hedgehog, I’m...
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