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Diane L. Major

Hope is what ambition is made of.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Look Again

Or maybe something more predictably Nordic and royal, perhaps ... ?

No?

Aww.

Posted by DLM at 8:35 PM

Labels: novel #1, The Ax and the Vase, writing

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