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Writes</span></h1> 103</a> 104</div> 105</div> 106<div class='nav-wrapper clearfix'> 107<nav class='sb_site_nav'> 108<div class='collapsed-menu-wrapper'> 109<a class='collapsed-menu-link' href='javascript:void(0)' id='js-collapsed-menu-link'></a> 110</div> 111<ul class='nav-menu show' id='js-nav-menu'> 112<li> 113<a href="/index.htm">Bio</a> 114</li> 115<li class='active'> 116<a href="/works.htm">Works</a> 117</li> 118<li> 119<a href="/blog">Blog</a> 120</li> 121<li> 122<a href="/contact">Contact</a> 123</li> 124</ul> 125</nav> 126 127</div> 128</header> 129 130</div> 131<div class='sbx_wrapper_main' id='sbx_wrapper_main'> 132<section class='main-body'> 133<aside class='column column-sidebar-01'> 134<div class='column-sidebar-01__content-wrap'> 135<div class='sb_region small_primary_before_global'> 136<div class='region-contents'> 137</div> 138</div> 139 140<div class='sb_region small_primary_global'> 141<div class='region-contents'> 142<div class='content-wrap'> 143<div class='content clearfix' data-global-content-container> 144<div class='inner-contents'> 145<div class='content clearfix text-block'> 146 147<h4><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:18pt;"><strong>Biography</strong></span></p></h4> 148<div class='image-block-align-left small'> 149<img sizes="(min-width: 530px) 33vw, (min-width: 750px) 25vw, 100vw" src="/images/linda_headshot_2nd_version__2_-x_small.jpg" srcset="/images/linda_headshot_2nd_version__2_-small.jpg 480w, /images/linda_headshot_2nd_version__2_-x_small.jpg 320w" /> 150 151</div> 152<div class='text-wrapper'> 153<p class="from_wysiwyg"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Linda Piazza currently spends her days editing her social novel, <em>Sycamore Dawn</em>. An Author's Guild member, she is also the author of five young-adult novels published in the U.S. and Germany. The conundrum of how normally nice people can behave with hatred toward others has always absorbed her, but she believes that heroes exist. She looks for inspirational people among the people she meets, women and men struggling against challenges to achieve their dreams. As a summa cum laude bachelor of arts graduate of the University of Houston, she benefited from visiting instructors brought to Houston for the university's nationally acclaimed MFA and PhD programs in creative writing. That program afforded her a cherished opportunity to take an undergrad seminar with Alan Cheuse. Attendance at the 2019 San Miguel Writer's Conference proved equally beneficial as she finishes <em>Sycamore Dawn</em>.</span></p> 154</div> 155</div> 156 157 158</div> 159</div> 160 161</div> 162</div> 163</div> 164 165<div class='sb_region small_primary_after_global'> 166<div class='region-contents'> 167</div> 168</div> 169 170 171</div> 172</aside> 173<section class='column column-primary'> 174<div class='column-primary__content-wrap'> 175<div class='sb_region sb_region_page_title'> 176<h2> 177 178</h2> 179 180</div> 181<div class='big sb_region'> 182<div class='region-contents'> 183<div class='content-wrap'> 184<div class='content clearfix text-block'> 185 186<h4><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:helvetica , arial , sans-serif;font-size:18pt;">WORKS</span></p></h4> 187<div class='image-block-align-center large'> 188<img sizes="(min-width: 940px) 66vw, 100vw" src="/images/sycamore_3766792_1920-medium.jpg" srcset="/images/sycamore_3766792_1920-x_large.jpg 1280w, /images/sycamore_3766792_1920-large.jpg 960w, /images/sycamore_3766792_1920-medium.jpg 640w" /> 189<div class="caption"><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:georgia , palatino , serif;font-size:8pt;">
189Image of the bark of a sycamore tree by Michael Schmid from Pixabay</span></p></div> 190</div> 191</div> 192 193 194</div> 195<div class='content-wrap'> 196<div class='content clearfix text-block'> 197 198</div> 199 200 201</div> 202<div class='content-wrap'> 203<div class='content work clearfix'> 204 205<h3><a href="/sycamore_dawn_.htm">SYCAMORE DAWN</a></h3> 206<div class='work-description'><p class="from_wysiwyg"><span style="font-family:georgia , palatino , serif;"> </span></p> 207<p class="from_wysiwyg"><span style="font-family:georgia , palatino , serif;">In this novel-in-progress, forty-five-year-old Gloria Rodgers arrives in her hometown to find her father engaged in the most puzzling altercation she has ever witnessed. With shaking hands, he struggles to grab a packet of seeds from a woman Gloria hired as her grandmother's companion. Shouting about his stolen heritage, her beloved father seems determined to prove every racial stereotype Gloria's teen stepdaughter has wrongly attributed to the small town's inhabitants. Over the next four weeks that Gloria had planned as a writing sabbatical, her discoveries upend everything she thought she knew about her family and undermine her faith in the theme of unexpected heroes that has driven her writing life.</span></p> 208<p class="from_wysiwyg"><span style="font-family:, monospace;"> </span></p></div> 209</div> 210 211</div> 212<div class='content-wrap'> 213<div class='content work clearfix'> 214 215<h3><a href="/call_of_the_deep_.htm">CALL OF THE DEEP</a></h3> 216<div class='work-description'><p class="from_wysiwyg"> </p> 217<p class="from_wysiwyg"><span style="font-family:georgia , palatino , serif;">Delia is terrified by the deadly power of the raging surf and the mysterious force that draws her into the arms of the dark-eyed stranger. Yet she is powerless to resist his call. Even as he summons her to test the waters where others have died. Even as she looks into the face of torment and rage . . . and is compelled to follow him.</span></p> 218<p class="from_wysiwyg"> </p></div> 219</div> 220 221</div> 222<div class='content-wrap'> 223<div class='content work clearfix'> 224 225<h3><a href="/evil_in_the_attic_.htm">EVIL IN THE ATTIC</a></h3> 226<div class='work-description'><p class="from_wysiwyg"> </p> 227<p class="from_wysiwyg">Something evil lurks within these walls. Silently it hides in the dust and darkness of the attic, waiting to unleash its chilling power. It awakens to take possession of the soul of an innocent child, and the deadly horrors of a long-buried secret come home to live again in a new generation. </p> 228<p class="from_wysiwyg"> </p></div> 229</div> 230 231</div> 232<div class='content-wrap'> 233<div class='content work clearfix'> 234 235<h3><a href="/human_prey_.htm">HUMAN PREY</a></h3> 236<div class='work-description'><p class="from_wysiwyg"> </p> 237<p class="from_wysiwyg" style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:georgia , palatino , serif;">There's something hiding in the woods behind the house. Maria has heard its vicious snarl coming from the shadows. She's glimpsed its massive form in the moonlight and seen the sickening carnage left behind. But no one believes her. Now in the dark terror of the night, she waits alone to face the nightmare that has come to claim its human prey. </span></p> 238<p class="from_wysiwyg" style="text-align:left;"> </p></div> 239</div> 240 241</div> 242<div class='content-wrap'> 243<div class='content work clearfix'> 244 245<h3><a href="/the_dreamer_.htm">THE DREAMER</a></h3> 246<div class='work-description'><p class="from_wysiwyg"> </p> 247<p class="from_wysiwyg"><span style="font-family:georgia , palatino , serif;">Suddenly Ashley felt as if the sky had darkened and night had come, trapping her in one of her dreams.</span></p> 248<p class="from_wysiwyg"><span style="font-family:georgia , palatino , serif;"> </span></p> 249<p class="from_wysiwyg"><span style="font-family:georgia , palatino , serif;">The baby! Her little sister!</span></p> 250<p class="from_wysiwyg"><span style="font-family:georgia , palatino , serif;"> </span></p> 251<p class="from_wysiwyg"><span style="font-family:georgia , palatino , serif;">She crept upstairs. Something awful was happening inside that room, something she had already seen in her dreams. Ashley couldn't put off the terrible moment of discovery any longer. Taking in a deep breath to steady herself, she stepped around the corner and looked into the nursery.  </span></p> 252<p class="from_wysiwyg"><span style="font-family:georgia , palatino , serif;"> </span></p></div> 253</div> 254 255</div> 256</div> 257</div> 258 259 260</div> 261</section> 262<aside class='column column-sidebar-02 column-last'> 263<div class='column-sidebar-02__content-wrap'> 264<div class='sb_region small_secondary_before_global'> 265<div class='region-contents'> 266</div> 267</div> 268 269<div class='sb_region small_secondary_global'> 270<div class='region-contents'> 271<div class='content-wrap'> 272<div class='content clearfix'> 273<!-- / Handled as per https://www.pivotaltracker.com/story/show/125911081/comments/171467607
273- LMS --> 274<div class='category_name_wrapper'> 275<h4>Novels</h4> 276</div> 277<div class='work-block'> 278<!-- sort order index is 1 --> 279<div class='work-title'> 280<a href="/sycamore_dawn_.htm">SYCAMORE DAWN</a> 281</div> 282<div class='work-description'><p class="from_wysiwyg"><span style="font-family:georgia , palatino , serif;">Sycamore Dawn is a novel-in-progress.</span></p></div> 283</div> 284<div class='work-block'> 285<!-- sort order index is 3 --> 286<div class='work-title'> 287<a href="/evil_in_the_attic_.htm">EVIL IN THE ATTIC</a> 288<div class='work-image'><img alt="EVIL IN THE ATTIC" sizes="(min-width: 530px) 33vw, (min-width: 750px) 25vw, 100vw" src="/images/thumbnail_cover_evil_in_the_attic-x_small.jpg" srcset="/images/thumbnail_cover_evil_in_the_attic-small.jpg 480w, /images/thumbnail_cover_evil_in_the_attic-x_small.jpg 320w" /></div> 289</div> 290<div class='work-description'><p class="from_wysiwyg">YA Thriller</p></div> 291</div> 292<div class='work-block'> 293<!-- sort order index is 4 --> 294<div class='work-title'> 295<a href="/human_prey_.htm">HUMAN PREY</a> 296<div class='work-image'><img alt="HUMAN PREY" sizes="(min-width: 530px) 33vw, (min-width: 750px) 25vw, 100vw" src="/images/thumbnail_cover_human_prey-x_small.jpg" srcset="/images/thumbnail_cover_human_prey-small.jpg 480w, /images/thumbnail_cover_human_prey-x_small.jpg 320w" /></div> 297</div> 298<div class='work-description'><p class="from_wysiwyg"><span style="font-family:georgia , palatino , serif;">YA Thriller published under the penname L.D. Pierce.</span></p></div> 299</div> 300 301<div class='work-block'> 302<!-- sort order index is 2 --> 303<div class='work-title'> 304<a href="/call_of_the_deep_.htm">CALL OF THE DEEP</a> 305<div class='work-image'><img alt="CALL OF THE DEEP" sizes="(min-width: 530px) 33vw, (min-width: 750px) 25vw, 100vw" src="/images/thumbnail_cover_call_of_the_deep-x_small.jpg" srcset="/images/thumbnail_cover_call_of_the_deep-small.jpg 480w, /images/thumbnail_cover_call_of_the_deep-x_small.jpg 320w" /></div> 306</div> 307<div class='work-description'><p class="from_wysiwyg">YA Thriller.</p></div> 308</div> 309 310<div class='work-block'> 311<!-- sort order index is 5 --> 312<div class='work-title'> 313<a href="/the_dreamer_.htm">THE DREAMER</a> 314<div class='work-image'><img alt="THE DREAMER" sizes="(min-width: 530px) 33vw, (min-width: 750px) 25vw, 100vw" src="/images/thumbnail_cover_the_dreamer_2-x_small.jpg" srcset="/images/thumbnail_cover_the_dreamer_2-small.jpg 480w, /images/thumbnail_cover_the_dreamer_2-x_small.jpg 320w" /></div> 315</div> 316<div class='work-description'><p class="from_wysiwyg"><span style="font-family:georgia , palatino , serif;">This YA thriller published under the penname L.D. Pierce.</span></p></div> 317</div> 318 319</div> 320 321</div> 322<div class='content-wrap'> 323<div class='content clearfix' data-global-content-container> 324<div class='global_content_header_wrapper'> 325<div class='global_content_inner_wrapper'> 326<h3 class='MediumHeader'> 327Quick Links 328</h3> 329</div> 330</div> 331<div class='inner-contents'> 332<div class='link-block content clearfix'> 333<div class='pull-right'> 334 335</div> 336<a target="_blank" class="link-link" href="http://www.authorsguild.org/">Authors Guild</a> 337<div class='link-description'>Advocates for published authors since 1912</div> 338</div> 339<div class='link-block content clearfix'> 340<div class='pull-right'> 341 342</div> 343<a target="_blank" class="link-link" href="http://authorsguild.net/news-notes/member-websites.php">Authors Guild Directory</a> 344<div class='link-description'>A compendium of member websites</div> 345</div> 346 347</div> 348</div> 349 350</div> 351</div> 352</div> 353 354<div class='sb_region small_secondary_after_global'> 355<div class='region-contents'> 356</div> 357</div> 358 359 360</div> 361</aside> 362</section> 363</div> 364<div class='sbx_wrapper_footer' id='sbx_wrapper_footer'> 365<footer> 366<div class='sb_region sb_site_copyright_region'> 367<div class='sb_copyright_wrapper'> 368<div class='copyright'> 369© 2019 Linda Piazza 370</div> 371<ul class='social'> 372<li> 373<a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/LindaDPiazza"><svg class="sb-footer-icon"><use xlink:href="#icon-twitter"></use></svg> 374</a></li> 375<li> 376<a target="_blank" href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1107986.Linda_Piazza"><svg class="sb-footer-icon"><use xlink:href="#icon-goodreads"></use></svg> 377</a></li> 378</ul> 379 380</div> 381</div> 382</footer> 383</div> 384<div class='modal modal-public' data-ajax-modal> 385<div class='modal-fade-screen'> 386<div class='modal-wrapper'> 387<div class='modal-inner'> 388<div data-ajax-modal-content></div> 389<div data-ajax-modal-loading> 390Loading…} 391</div> 392</div> 393</div> 394</div> 395</div> 396 397<div class='modal image-modal' data-image-modal> 398<div class='modal-fade-screen'> 399<div class='modal-wrapper'> 400<div class='modal-inner'> 401<i class='image-modal-close ss-icon ss-delete'></i> 402<img data-image-modal-content> 403</div> 404</div> 405</div> 406</div> 407
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