Category: Blog
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Our Time at Decatur Book Festival
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About Decatur Book Festival 2026 Decatur Book Festival is an annual festival that encourages literary enthusiasts to gather at in Decatur, Georgia to celebrate storytelling, inspiration, and community. On October 2–3, UNG Press attended the Decatur Book Festival as a Street Fair Exhibitor. The festival spanned two days and featured…
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Reader’s Reports
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An author completes their manuscript and sends it off to a publisher for publication. The process appears simple, but how do publishing houses decide whether to publish a submitted manuscript? Answer: reader’s reports. Assistants or interns review the author’s provided sample and create a reader’s report that gives a concise…
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More Praise for Splintered Shadows
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About the Book Splintered Shadows traces Marilyn F. Moriarty’s search for her mother’s hidden past. Beginning with a name on a 1945 photograph, she follows scattered clues across Europe, uncovering a life shaped by resistance, secrecy, and survival in Nazi-occupied France. What Book Reviewers Have to Say: This memoir recounts…
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Meet the Author of A Route of Surprises: LTG Larry R. Jordan
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About the Author: Lieutenant General Larry R. Jordan grew up in Kansas City, Missouri and graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1968. He retired after 35 years of active duty, serving in the Republic of Vietnam, Germany, Kuwait, Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo, and the Pentagon. He…
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Stages of Editing
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Authored by Jocelyn Hatcher, UNG Press Intern The publishing process may appear quick and easy when looking from the outside. A story is imagined, then a manuscript is written, and once it is finished, it gets sent to a publisher for printing. However, there is a key step missing from…
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Early Praise for LTG Larry R. Jordan’s A Route of Surprises
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A Route of Surprises releases on September 8, 2026. A Route of Surprises: A Soldier’s Story of Strength, Service, and Discovery is the memoir of an Army officer whose life took an improbable journey to the highest levels of military leadership. Growing up amid barriers and expectations that constrained African American life in…
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Forthcoming Release: A Route of Surprises
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About the Book A Route of Surprises: A Soldier’s Story of Strength, Service, and Discovery is the memoir of an Army officer whose life took an improbable journey to the highest levels of military leadership. Growing up amid barriers and expectations that constrained African American life in the era, Larry R. Jordan would…
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Meet the Author of Splintered Shadows
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Behind Splintered Shadows: Words from the Author Author Marilyn F. Moriarty shares a glimpse into her upbringing and the personal history that inspired her memoir and led her to uncover and research her mother’s hidden past: In the late 1950s, few structures stood completed in the sand-lot suburb when my sister Chantal drove with…