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Excerpt from Arianna (Unpublished WIP)
My body still shook with the sting of Brad’s words when I pulled into Nana’s narrow driveway. The street was dark, with the exception of a streetlight every three houses. Buried between Nana’s house and the neighbor’s nearly identical bungalow, I stayed in my car with the windows rolled up for some time. The night…
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Book Review of Production Values by Liv Bartlet
Never mix business and pleasure. It’s a phrase we’ve all heard, and there’s a reason for this. The consequences can be disastrous. This is the premise of Liv Bartlet’s debut women’s fiction novel, Production Values. This edgy, contemporary, sometimes cut-throat story takes the reader on an emotional ride through the throes of best friends, Kat…
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Book Review of Finding Kate by Pamela Humphrey
Kate Westfall thought she was done with her family’s secrets. Think again. Finding Kate is the second in the Texas Hill County series by Pamela Humphrey. It immediately follows the first book, Finding Claire, which I highly recommend you read before diving into Finding Kate. Otherwise, Finding Kate won’t make much sense! You can read…
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Lorna versus Laura is available for preorder!
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Excerpt from Arianna
The sky was vibrant orange and pink over the lake as Marc and I sat on his couch. “You have a million-dollar view,” I said. “I’d like to think it’s priceless.” I turned toward him and smiled. His right arm was draped around me as I sat with my legs pulled up on the cushions.…
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“As long as we can love each other, and remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without ever really going away. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there. You live on – in the hearts of everyone you have touched and nurtured while you were…
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Excerpt from Arianna (WIP)
Friday evening, after closing the book, I went to my familiar place at the vanity and sat. My tattered journal was now full, so I reached for the paper bag that held a new one. On the way home from work, I’d taken a detour to a historical part of one of the western suburbs…
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Why Reading Matters: From a Little Girl Who Hated Reading
The second hand seemed to take an eternity to make one lousy rotation. Tick. The minute hand moved the slightest fraction. A minute is forever to a seven-year-old sitting on the living room couch next to her mother, the simple supposed easy-reader book between them. “Go ahead. Sound it out.” The mom’s words could have…
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Excerpt from WIP Arianna
Read Chapter One Chapter Two Ping! I raced into my bedroom, still dripping from the shower, trying to keep the towel pulled up around me. My hands fumbled as I grabbed the phone off the bed, nearly dropping it on the hardwood floor. It wouldn’t do to break another phone. If I were smart, I’d invest…
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Review of The Blue Rebozo by Pamela Humphrey
The Blue Rebozo is a fictionalized story based on facts the author had of her ancestors. I can appreciate Ms. Humphrey’s love for genealogy, as I share this passion. When I wrote my book based off of my late grandma’s life, it was done in a similar fashion, although I changed names and the story’s…