School Spirit

  • The Author is Back

    All right, I admit it, it’s been a long couple of under-productive years. Even though things are open, back to “normal”, there is a lingering fog of post-lockdown effect. It makes me sluggish, anti-social, lazy. After a lengthy lethargy, I seem to have found an antidote. What the cowbell is to a fever, the Pretzel

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  • Writers Inspire

    Writers Inspire

    I attended a very good friend’s Book Launch yesterday. It was a wonderful event in a terrific location celebrating a great accomplishment. Seeing the fruits of her labors, experiencing the accolades of friends and family, readers and writers, it was the most feel-good I’ve been exposed to in a long time. And it inspires me

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  • Writer Math

    Writer Math

    I just returned from a weekend Writer’s Retreat. Nowhere exciting (Roscoe, IL), but the house made for a very comfortable writing atmosphere.We checked in at 4 p.m. Thursday and left at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.That’s about 86 hours of retreat.Assuming breaks, meals, sleep, discussion and laughter, that leaves approximately 60 hours to WRITE. (Please note: I

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  • NEXT BIG PROJECT!

    NEXT BIG PROJECT!

    As previously mentioned too many times to mention again, yet here I go, the past few years have not been as fruitful as I would have liked them to have been. I did manage to eke out a couple of literary amuse-bouche, a long short story and novella, to whet your appetites and hopefully keep

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  • Happy Birthday to Me

    Happy Birthday to Me

    It’s not actually today, but it is in October, and that’s close enough to count. I am NOT one of those people who will get mad at you for missing my birthday. Firstly, because I’m willing to accept well wishes at any time! But mostly, because I find no shame in looking forward to and

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  • AND WE ARE LIVE!

    AND WE ARE LIVE!

    School Spirit, Book 3 of the Kimmie Jillison Mystery series, is published and ready for READER consumption! Click here to download a digital copy for $1.99.Click here to download for FREE if you are a member of Kindle Unlimited.Click here to order a paperback for $6.95.Click here to download Kinder Garden, Book 1 in the

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  • This time

    This time

    when I say, COMING SOON! I really mean it. It’s official, I have submitted the manuscript of School Spirit, Book 3 in the Kimmie Jillison Mystery series, for publication. And let me tell you, I am exhausted. Final draft editing and print set-up are like many hours . . . days . . . weeks

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