From Vishal Khanna, a piece special to Go Triad:

Clear your palette of all expectations.  Get rid of all clichés of what you believe a writer's life should be.  Imagine instead a suburban ranch home just outside of Greensboro's New Irving Park. It's 5:30 in the morning and in a tiny office just behind the kitchen sits Quinn Dalton, her face lit only by the light from a laptop screen. The smell of coffee permeates the room and Dalton types away, stealing time before her two girls, Avery and Alia, crusty-eyed and fresh from dream time, search for mini-bagels and warm embraces from their mother's arms.

In that stolen time, Dalton works on her latest short story with complete faith. She doesn't know what it will be about and she has no idea if she'll finish it, but maybe, just maybe, the short story will turn into a novella and, if she's really lucky, it will transform into the beginning of a new novel.  

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Quinn Dalton readings and book signings

What: 'Stories From the Afterlife" book launch party with wine, a sampling of stories and music by Dawn Chorus
When: 8 p.m. today
Where: TwoArtChicks, 609 S. Elm St., Greensboro
Information: 273-9885
When: 7 p.m. Nov. 15
Where: Shakespeare & Co. Bookstore, 335 W. Mountain St., Kernersville
Information: 993-1050; www.shakespeareandcompanybooks.com

To learn more about Quinn Dalton, visit her Web site at www.quinndalton.com

Quinn Dalton's "Stories From the Afterlife" can be purchased online at www.press53.com

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