Reviewed by Johnnie Bernhard Sharyn McCrumb’s Prayers the Devil Answers is a satisfying novel with interwoven subplots and gifts of dialogue and character development. The reader is transported to rural Tennessee during the Great Depression as the novel’s heroine, Ellie Robbins, carves out a life for herself and her children, despite the shroud of poverty, superstition, […]
“Prayers the Devil Answers,” by Sharyn McCrumb
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“A Unique Perspective as a Literary Agent and an Author,” by Johnnie Bernhard
A dual point-of-view as a literary agent and an author gives me a unique perspective into both the traditional publishing and writer’s world. It often reminds me of the nonfiction bestseller by John Gray, Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus. Men need women; women need men, so, as a facilitator, Gray invites us […]
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