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HL Carpenter

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Top Drawer News — Flower power

HL Carpenter / October 15, 2016

Image source:Vladimir2366fa (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

The African violet was drooping and sad, the same as the face of our friend. She held out the plant, the green pot resting on her trembling, outstretched palms.

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Top Drawer News — How truthful are you?

HL Carpenter / February 13, 2016

Image source: By Tiago Lima from Lisboa, Portugal (Fingers crossed Uploaded by tm) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Are you a fiction writer? Does that mean you’re a liar? How truthful do you expect fiction writers to be?

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Top Drawer News — Poetry

HL Carpenter / November 6, 2013


Too many pleas fall on deaf ear, unheard;

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HL Carpenter

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We’re HL Carpenter, a mother/daughter duo. We write family-friendly fiction from our studios in Carpenter Country, a magical place that, like our stories, is unreal but not untrue. When we’re not writing, we enjoy exploring the Land of What-If and practicing the fine art of Curiosity.

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