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SALE ALERT! ONE MONTH ONLY!

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With October around the corner and Halloween on its way, I decided to make my first horror novel FREE for all e-readers. Amazon will catch up...but 77 cents is pretty much free, right!? 😊 99 cents if you're in Canada.

Horror, with love in it!

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SPEED BUMP - FREE!!

Fall is in the air. (Well, today at least!)

Cozy up with my free novella which marries a sprinkling of Dickens with a sort of demented "Planes, Trains and Automobiles".

Enjoy and don't forget to leave your Goodreads review!

Amazon Bestseller List!

I've always dreamed of being on an Amazon Bestseller List.

#78 in FREE horror!

Pick up your copy today!

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Picking up your weekend reading?

Don't forget that SPEED BUMP - A Christmas Tale is absolutely FREE for every e-reader.

It marries a sprinkling of Dickens with a sort of demented "Planes, Trains and Automobiles".

Read Chapter 1 here!

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My thanks to you.

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SPEED BUMP - FREE!!

I was shy, introverted, scared.

I suffered through school as the "weird" kid.

I had a dream and I'm realizing that dream now. What I want next, more than anything, is for more people to "read" me.

That "ugly duckling" grew up to write from her heart. No rules. No fear.

I'm "getting the word out" - FOR FREE!

If you don't have an e-reader and would like a free PDF to read on your phone, tablet or PC, send me a message!

Interview with Dylan Black!

Learn about my latest thrillers as I talk about them on Daytime Ottawa with the always amazing Dylan Black.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fKtT...

Ask the Author!

Thank you, Keith Rogers, for your questions! My answers appear below :) If you have a question for me, I'd love to hear from you!

Have you ever experienced a long term writer's block?
If yes, how did you adapt and overcome this block?

I suppose the short answer is "no" because I have never experienced "long term" writer's block. The story is usually already in me, waiting to see ink. Like any other writer, however, I have experienced moments when something "just did not feel right" and I had to ponder on a certain word or ponder on the perfect scenario or scene, for a particularly odd amount of time (a half hour or so.) The moment I get up and walk around and let my brain "relax", the idea or right word, presents itself to me.

However, coming up with the premise for "The Promise" was very difficult and a sort of "writer's block". The reason for that is that I never intended, part 1, "The Christmas Store", to be followed by a sequel. That story is a time-travel romance/suspense and because of the "magical" factors related with time travel, I had no idea how to even begin writing a sequel. All of the loose ends in book one were wrapped up. (Or so I thought.) My readers really wanted the story to continue, however, so it took approximately a week (and several sittings brainstorming with my husband) to come up with a way to make it work. I'm thrilled to say it did and I'm so happy that "The Promise" was born. Thank you again, Keith!

Thank you for voting!! The results are in...

Thank you so much, again, to everyone who supported me. It means so much....I won this year's Faces Magazine Ottawa Best Female Author Award. I am extremely touched and I promise that I will keep publishing stories that touch your hearts.

Why I write...

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