Melinda Loomis

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Saturday, September 14, 2019

We all need a little editing sometimes...

H/T to Bouchercon 2020 on FB.

Posted by Melinda at 9:46 AM

Labels: Bouchercon, LOL, Writers' Conferences, Writing

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