Swenson Book Development LLC helps authors write, publish, and market their books. We specialize in narrative non-fiction and memoir.

Joined June 2011
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Linda Yaccarino as new CEO is GREAT news. I'm lurking for another six weeks and can't wait to see what the future holds.
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I was interviewed on this podcast. Have a listen. ⁦@exvangelicalpod⁩ ⁦@deconstructcast⁩ ⁦@SwenBooks⁩ ⁦@CalumetEditions⁩ ⁦@LeavingTheFaith⁩ ⁦@leavingreligionpodcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

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Lurking? Who me?
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And this is why I haven't quite left Twitter
this is what happens when you don’t recycle your pizza boxes
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Great interview on leaving evangelical Christianity
Check out the “Epic Kate Vlog” where I was interviewed. ⁦@SwenBooks⁩ ⁦@ChattingWithKat⁩ ⁦@BRMacJR⁩ ⁦@BrightBlueHue⁩ ⁦@CalumetEditions⁩ ⁦@kempster621youtu.be/Ms-KFUBphrI
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If you have a copy of my book and would like a signed book plate just IM me your address and I would be happy to mail you one. See bio for info about the book. ⁦@WisdomEditions⁩ ⁦@SwenBooks
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Swenson Books (@ 🏠) retweeted
Check out the “Epic Kate Vlog” where I was interviewed. ⁦@SwenBooks⁩ ⁦@ChattingWithKat⁩ ⁦@BRMacJR⁩ ⁦@BrightBlueHue⁩ ⁦@CalumetEditions⁩ ⁦@kempster621youtu.be/Ms-KFUBphrI

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I grew up in a church-every-Sunday family but could never reconcile issues I had with church dogma. I just finished reading 'The Long Surrender: A Memoir about Losing My Religion' by @drbrianmc. Brian was a pastor with a fundamentalist education, but eventually left ...
Jeannine Ouellette, author of THE PART THAT BURNS, will be in Duluth this Wed for a reading and will share the stage with Indigenous poet Tim Moder bit.ly/3W4b2FU bit.ly/3W4b2FU

Jeannine Ouellette, author of THE PART THAT BURNS, will be in Duluth this Wed for a reading and will share the stage with Indigenous poet Tim Moder bit.ly/3W4b2FU bit.ly/3W4b2FU

Something magical about the way the larch and tamarack needles turn the color of sun this time of year on Lake of the Woods
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Finished reading this spectacular essay by @SondraRBrooks in new Alpha issue of @postscriptmag1 postscriptmagazine.org/conte…

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At age 17 the church asked me to cut off my hair. Thus my involvement in fundamentalist Christianity began. The Long Surrender: A Memoir about Losing My Religion a.co/d/6tDhQef@WisdomEditions⁩ ⁦@SwenBooks⁩ ⁦@BRMacJR⁩ ⁦⁦@BrightBlueHue⁩ ⁦⁦
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Finally booked a photo shoot. Time for a new headshot. New glasses. New hairdo. New year.
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The landline rang during a zoom consultation with a client. I ignore it and it stops ringing. Then it rings again and I see it's my 90-year-old aunty calling. Time to mute and take the call.
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One reader found that even her cats found my book intriguing. The Long Surrender: A Memoir about Losing My Religion a.co/d/bosozeg@BRMacJR⁩ ⁦@ChattingWithKat⁩ ⁦@BrightBlueHue⁩ ⁦@SwenBooks⁩ ⁦@CalumetEditions⁩ ⁦@exvangelicalpod⁩ ⁦
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Worried about being perceived as aggressive when you speak? Don't adjust your style to match a few sexist knuckleheads in your audience. Your job is always to speak up, even when theirs is to grow up. (How to make a point: bit.ly/joelpoint)
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See review of The Long Surrender. donovansliteraryservices.com… The Long Surrender: A Memoir about Losing My Religion a.co/d/f7YNGj3 @CalumetEditions @SwenBooks @deconstructcast @exvangelicalpod @jccultsurvivor @BrightBlueHue @ChattingWithKat @WutBJU

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