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http://booksbywomen.org/wp-content/uploads/12-3.jpg632632Both C. Hope Clark and Carmen Amato have books releasing this month (May). What is it about strong women wanting to write about strong women? Are your lady protagonists shadows of yourselves? HOPE: Absolutely. Carolina Slade holds the same job I held with the US Department of Agriculture, Special Projects Representative, though maybe I embellished […]