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Drugstore Cowboy – December’s Book and Movie Review

  Quick Book/Movie Summary: Novel by James Fogle (Summary from Amazon): This rich and compelling story of four traveling junkies who lives revolve around looting drugstores was made into the movie voted best film of 1989 by the National Society of Film critics and is published here for the first time. Movie: Screenplay by and …

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Cover Reveal: The Trouble with Scarecrows – (Trouble with Men Book 2)

I’m thrilled to share the cover for the second book in my Trouble with Men series :  The Trouble with Scarecrows. The contemporary romance will be released in April of 2016.   Book 1 – The Trouble with Snowmen is available now at Amazon. Love and Laughter, Dorlana

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Writing Diary #8

The Trouble with Scarecrows (book 2 Trouble with Men Series): I finally turned in edits for this book a couple of weeks ago. I believe I still have another round since I made huge changes on the last one. I also received my cover proof and am very excited to share it as soon as …

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Z for Zachariah – November’s Book and Movie Get-Together

Z for Zachariah Novel (1974): Written by Robert C. O’Brien Movie (2015): Screenplay by Nissar Modi directed by Craig Zobel The set up: Our group (women ages 22-48) pick a book that has been made into a movie. We read the book and then get together for thematic food, to discuss the book, and then to …

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Release Day: The Trouble with Snowmen & Chapter 1

Hi Friends, Today is the official release of my romantic comedy, The Trouble with Snowmen (Kindle eBook). My celebration giveaway starts September 1st. The paperback will be available in approximately 9 months. Here is a sneak peek (Chapter 1). The Trouble with Snowmen By Dorlana Vann Chapter 1 “I had him pegged as a snowman the moment I met …

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Writing Diary Entry #6

I received my second round of edits for The Trouble with Snowmen a couple of weeks ago and everything else came to a screeching halt! I’ve been a good girl and haven’t focused on anything except for those edits. So there are no updates on the other projects. I will say that editing/rewriting is my …

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Writing Diary Entry #4

June 22 – June 28 This week went to book 3 of my series. And I didn’t actually have a chance to write on it at the end of the week. I didn’t work on the fairy tale at all, and it doesn’t look good for this week either. I received some edits back from …

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