• Matchbook Bias

    As a published author and member of CWA, I was able to sell my book, Pocket Money, at the Chicago Printer’s Row Lit Fest. HOW COOL IS THAT?!                               Because Pocket Money takes place in 1992, a time before time, eons…

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  • We’re just cruising through The Writer’s Alphabet now! Writers may not always start out this way, there are definitely steps of acceptance for critique, but eventually we get there and our work is better for it. Our future readers thank you, too.

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  • Throwing Shade

    Throwing Shade

    I like to sit in the sun. My dog likes to sit by me. Beneath the deck chair is shade. Win-Win.

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  • But let’s go with F is for… Catch up with The Writer’s Alphabet here.

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  • E is for Edit

    Every. Single. Time.

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  • In Appreciation

    And yet…

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  • SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, June 11

    Two weeks from TODAY! Printer’s Row Lit Fest in Chicago The fest runs Saturday and Sunday, June 10 and 11, BUT I will be there selling and signing copies of Pocket Money on Sunday afternoon, so that’s when you should come. 🙂 I don’t have print copies of Kinder Garden, a Mary O’Reilly Paranormal Mysteries World…

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  • FREE EBOOK!*

    FREE EBOOK!*

    In honor of today’s date, May 22, I’m offering my debut novel, Pocket Money, for free. (*this offer has expired) Click here to go to the Amazon page for your free download. What happened on May 22, 1982 that continues to haunt our character 10 years later? The entire novel takes place on one day,…

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  • Meet ‘Miskey

    Meet ‘Miskey

    Everyone, I’d like to introduce you to Comiskey Bo AJ Avi Lamphere. ‘Miskey, meet everyone.               We had a heckuva time deciding on a name. To be honest, I’m not sure we have…           Dave has pronoun issues. By his own rule, ALL cats are girls…

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  • Kindle Worlds: A Guest Blog

    I recently published a novella titled, Kinder Garden, through the Mary O’Reilly Paranormal Mysteries World. My friend and fellow author, Christine Cacciatore, encouraged me to submit. She was one of the six original authors that launched the Mary O’Reilly Kindle World, just one of many worlds you can write in–including Wayward Pines, The Vampire Diaries,…

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