Margaret Duarte

Visionary Fiction

Margaret Duarte

Visionary Fiction Alliance

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  I’m proud to announce that I’ve joined a group of talented writers in starting a website aimed at raising awareness of and interest in the genre of visionary fiction. What is Visionary Fiction? Though visionary fiction has been around for a long time – think shaman stories of ancient times – most agents, publishers and big […]

Best Exotic Marigold Hotel / Transformational Media

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Good acting.  Intelligent script.  No explicit sex.  No violence.  Mature actors.  Sounds like the formula for disaster, right? Wrong. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, a movie based on 2004 novel, These Foolish Things, by Debra Moggach, is proving to be what Hollywood calls a sleeper hit. Some stories have great transformational power, and I applaud The Best Exotic Marigold […]

Gate Crashing – By Invitation

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Just so you know there’s more to my life than writing, let me introduce you to one of the events I regularly attend, put on by the Portuguese community to which my husband, an immigrant from Flores, Azores, belongs. Portuguese communities all over the world hold Holy Ghost Festas (pronounced FESH-tas) at different times of year to preserve […]

Publish Your Short Story at Story Star

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    Have you ever dreamed of publishing one of your short stories and seeing how it compares to others out there?  If so, here’s your chance. At Story Star, you can share your short stories with the world. No, you won’t get paid for them, but you may find the exposure encouraging and fun. Or, if you’re a […]

Freedom is Choice

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Giving up freedom I hate losing stuff.  I hate losing valuable time.  I hate losing friends.  I hate losing money.  But most of all, I hate losing freedom.  I would give up stuff, time, and money for freedom.  I’d give up friends who threaten my freedom.  Losing my freedom is unacceptable.  Pure and simple. Then […]