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Pre-Order Nature's Gifts now

Nature's Gifts Anthology
Compiled by Vanilla Heart Publishing
from VHP:

"We are thrilled with the quality and variety of prose and poetry for our first annual Nature's Gifts anthology. More than twenty pieces, from haiku to villanelles, from essays to short stories, will delight nature lovers everywhere. Take a walk in a garden or hike in a national park. Reflect on the moon. Learn something new. Laugh and cry with our writers as they discover the beauty, the joys, and the raw power of...

An interview AND a review - WooHoo!

I was interviewed as a (PROUD) member of the Hudson Valley chapter of RWA, please check it out…

"Chelle has written some memorable stories over the years. Her books include Bartlett's Rule, Forgotten, Within the Law, Courage of the Heart, Hostage Heart, A Chaunce of Riches & most recently Common Bond,Tangled Hearts. Her murder-mystery thriller, Final Sin, was published in May 2009." …read more

AND

A Chaunce of Riches was reviewed "The pages of this novel simmer with sexual...

A CHEAP way to read my books...

If you live in New York's Hudson Valley and use the Ramapo Catskill Library System, you can borrow FIVE of my books because they are in the catalogue:

Final Sin
Within the Law
Forgotten
Bartlett's Rule

and an early edition of Courage of the Heart (doesn't have the pretty cover!)

You can borrow these books from ANY RCLS member library

What?!?! You don't live in New York!

Well, then take this list to your local library and
ask them to get my books for you...


Common Bond, Tangled Hearts by Chelle...

p 69 theory - Common Bond, Tangled Hearts

There is a theory that if you pick up a book and turn to page 69, you will know if the book is interesting or not
so we are putting it to the test...

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p 69


Justin helped Layne sit upright. "Well, I guess it's better when you're older."

"Oh." Dennis looked at his mother and then at Justin. "Are you my mommy's boyfriend?"

Layne looked surprised at his question.

Justin merely smiled. "I hope so."

Layne had explained that she and Dennis had a normal routine on Sundays. They always did housework...

It's Read an Ebook Week - March 7 - 13

Smashwords rocks!

Smashwords: Read an Ebook Week Specials for March 7-13

"We're pleased to sponsor Read an E-Book Week for the second year," said Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords. "Working in collaboration with Read an E-Book Week and other participating retailers and publishers, the initiative will introduce tens of thousands of new readers and authors to the joys of ebooks."

Ebooks are the fastest growing segment of the book publishing industry. According the International Digital...

A special piece of jewelry

I recently entered a contest (and lost) where the grand prize was $1500 worth of jewelry. We had to write about a special piece of jewelry that we owned and its significance. This was hard for me to do, I don't often wear jewelry - I usually wear even my wedding ring only when we are dressed and going out! But I do have a few very meaningful pieces... my wedding ring, my (& his) high school rings, a gold filigree Star-of-David ring I bought for myself in Miami while vacationing with my...

L. E. Harvey interviewed me

My very good friend and terrific author L. E. Harvey
interviewed me today on her blog
The writings & ramblings of a PhiladelphianL. E. Harvey is the author of Unbreakable Hostage & Loving Her

Happy Birthday to Del

I want to wish my sister's hubby, Del, a very happy birthday today. Del is a great guy and an all-around terrific brother.

Del was also one of my "technical consultants" for my book "Courage of the Heart", in his honor I'm featuring an excerpt from that book here -

excerpt:

Once again he read the memo from the pharmaceutical company's management offices based in Indianapolis to the site laboratory where '589APPLE' was being developed. The note made reference to potential undesirable effects as a...

Come to a free writing workshop on Character Development

Character Development presented by multi-published author Chelle Cordero. Cordero will help you to develop fully dimensional characters and show you how to let your characters write their own stories. Bring your imagination and get ready for fun. Thursday evening, Feb 18 at 7PM.

This workshop is art of the Rockland Author Series. The Rockland Author Series features a bookshelf of books by local authors and monthly writing workshops. Monthly workshops will be presented by local authors and...

Getting your hands on my books

Every so often I am asked where someone can buy my books

There are TWO locations in Rockland County NY:

Raider Bookshop at 99 Lafayette Avenue in Suffern, New York &

Arts Alliance of Haverstraw at 91 Broadway in the Village of Haverstraw, New York

I've heard of various Indie shops and chain stores throughout the country that have also carried one or more of my titles on their shelves - if you know of any that currently have my books in stock, please comment below with the retailer name and...