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The only traditional publishing house in North Alabama! Offering passionate assistance and opportunity to new writers and using donations to boost advances.
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Huntsville Independent Press @hiphuntsville.bsky.social · Jan 7
Hello Bluesky! We’re looking for anyone interested in books! HIP is an independent press that also offers author services. Say hello! Our first three traditionally published #books are by author Faye Rapoport DesPres. #WritingCommunity #publishing #books link: www.huntsvilleindependent.com
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Goodnight, writers. The lines you almost wrote today may bloom tomorrow.

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November 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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The most powerful leadership tool you have? Yourself. Learn to use it wisely with I Lead Me.

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November 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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The Varmint and Other Short Stories is like a cozy mystery for your favorite armchair. 🛋️

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November 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Rusty Staub became “Le Grand Orange” in Montreal. He could’ve been Houston’s cornerstone. Orange Crush.

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November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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What’s a book that completely fooled you—plot twist, genre flip, or something else?

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November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Hope in a paragraph. Love in a few lines. Resilience in a sentence. Soul to Soul is a balm.

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November 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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If redemption had a playbook, this would be chapter one.

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November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Back in print and more beautiful than ever. The 10th Anniversary Edition of Message From a Blue Jay includes new essays and a new beginning. 🕊

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November 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Good morning, #5amwritersclub. Today isn’t about catching up. It’s about continuing. That’s enough. That’s brave.

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November 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Goodnight, writers. Rest is part of the creative contract. Keep your side of it.

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November 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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When memory collides with reality, nothing is safe. The Thorn and the Rose by LJ Henley is a slow-burn story of reckoning.

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November 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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JL Orr turned pain into purpose. In The Great Get Out, she invites you to do the same.

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The Great Get Out: How To Build The Life You Want|Hardcover
JL spent decades surviving-surviving a violent childhood, surviving two disastrous marriages, surviving spiritual manipulation that hid behind a pulpit. What she hadn't learned was how to live. In…
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November 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Leading others begins with leading yourself. I Lead Me is your map to doing both well.

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November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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What’s the first book you remember loving as a child?

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November 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Faye Rapoport DesPres blends humor and suspense in this small-but-mighty story collection.

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November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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1969 Mets won the Series. 1971 Astros had better talent—but no rings. Orange Crush explains why.

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November 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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There’s power in small things. These stories prove it.

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November 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Good morning, #5amwritersclub! Some days the work gives. Some days it takes. Either way, it shapes you. Keep going. 🌄

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November 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Goodnight, writers. Be proud of your effort, not just your output.

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November 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Addiction nearly broke him. Tennis helped put him back together. Life Is Best Served Sober is a powerful read.

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November 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Love, loss, and a blue jay’s call. This isn’t just a memoir—it’s a meditation on what holds us.

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November 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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A psychological novel that asks: what have you sacrificed for safety? The Thorn and the Rose is hauntingly honest.

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November 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Which of your characters would hate being in your novel—and why are they still there?

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November 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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A candid, faith-filled memoir of survival and sacred restoration—The Great Get Out is for those ready to reclaim life.

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The Great Get Out: How To Build The Life You Want|Hardcover
JL spent decades surviving-surviving a violent childhood, surviving two disastrous marriages, surviving spiritual manipulation that hid behind a pulpit. What she hadn't learned was how to live. In…
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November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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I Lead Me doesn’t promise instant leadership hacks. It shows you how to build real influence—from the inside out.

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November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM