Kinder Garden

  • NaNoWriteMore

    It’s almost November! Can you feel the excitement carried on the brisk winds? The anticipation filling the air like so many golden leaves? The thrill of shorter days and longer hours tackling a wordy adventure while power-caffeinating? November brings National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short. I first joined in 2011. I have “won”

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  • The Letter K

    The Letter K

    Next up in The Writer’s Alphabet is the letter K. K could be for Kindle Worlds, where K could also be for Kinder Garden, my first novella in the Mary O’Reilly Paranormal Mysteries World, but it could not be for Baker’s Dozen, my new release. But I think K is for Killin’ it! As I work

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  • Hi Rev Writing Retreat

    Hi Rev Writing Retreat

    I just spent five days and four nights with three fantastically talented people in Lonesome Hollow, a remote location in Wisconsin. I spent that time writing. Well, reading and editing, but also writing. Sure, we ate, laughed, drank, laughed, and even slept a little, but mostly, we worked. And laughed. Hi Rev is right! I

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  • Baker’s Dozen, a Mary O’Reilly Paranormal Mysteries World story, is now available on Kindle! Baker’s Dozen is the story of Vivian Flynn, who in 1958 planned to hold a cascading bouquet of daisies when she walked down the aisle. Then tragedy struck. Nearly six decades later, she’s sitting in Mary O’Reilly Alden’s office seeking assistance

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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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  • Gramma Brain

    I had a purpose for this Thursday posting… Hmmm, what was it? *sigh* I’m forgetful. There’s too much to remember! I just can’t “busy” like I used to. I can’t possibly be expected to keep track of it all! Especially with the potential digressions. And distractions. I think I suffer from grAyDD. Look! A penny! I need

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  • And I’m LIVE!

    And I’m LIVE!

    My latest published work is now available on Kindle! Download Kinder Garden today! It’s a novella in the Kindle World of Mary O’Reilly Paranormal Mystery by author Terri Reid. Only $1.99, it’s a quick and satisfying read. You should totally download it, read it, and review it! Totally. Here’s the dealio: My friend, author Terri Reid, began the

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  • Feels like the first time…

    I hit “enter” on the digital upload for my second publication* today. That’s some scary key pressing. Seeing as I’ve already done this BEFORE*, it shouldn’t be a big deal, right? WRONG. I suspect every time feels like the first time. Doubt creeps, worry consumes, errors are imminent. Luckily, in this current digital age of publishing, doubt

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