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January 16, 2020
RED IS THE NEW GRAY ~ BOOK 2, MAGGIE SLOAN MYSTERY SERIES
RED IS THE NEW GRAY
MAGGIE SLOAN MYSTERY SERIES, BOOK 2
MAGGIE SLOAN – former librarian, self-trained spy, literal, and brilliant – has the skills of a deadly assassin. Our Gray Lady (like the Gray Man who blends in, except shorter) accepts a two-week assignment in Galveston, Texas, to find a missing spy who trusts only her. Larry, her original police officer protector and “cousin” from her hometown, is her backup.
The Gray Lady is rocking her new red boots as the fill-in cook at a diner, but before the end of her first week, she is shot. The attacks escalate and so does Maggie’s determination to solve the crimes. Note to bad guys: Maggie is irritated, and Larry and Maggie’s men are furious.
Maggie and Larry struggle with the disturbing clues that point to the guilt of everyone they meet. How many more people will die before Maggie uncovers the vicious leader who has escaped detection for so long?
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RED IS THE NEW GRAY
MAGGIE SLOAN MYSTERY SERIES, BOOK 2
MAGGIE SLOAN – former librarian, self-trained spy, literal, and brilliant – has the skills of a deadly assassin. Our Gray Lady (like the Gray Man who blends in, except shorter) accepts a two-week assignment in Galveston, Texas, to find a missing spy who trusts only her. Larry, her original police officer protector and “cousin” from her hometown, is her backup.
The Gray Lady is rocking her new red boots as the fill-in cook at a diner, but before the end of her first week, she is shot. The attacks escalate and so does Maggie’s determination to solve the crimes. Note to bad guys: Maggie is irritated, and Larry and Maggie’s men are furious.
Maggie and Larry struggle with the disturbing clues that point to the guilt of everyone they meet. How many more people will die before Maggie uncovers the vicious leader who has escaped detection for so long?
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December 31, 2019
Author’s Goal 2019 – Publish Four Books and Earn One Award
My Author’s Goal in 2018 was to publish a book. I published two. Time to up my game in 2019, so I did.
Danger in the Clouds
Published January 2019
Florida Authors and Publishers Association President’s Award
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I Always Wanted To Be A Spy
Published February 2019
New Apple Literary Award – Excellence in Publishing
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Sweet Deal Concealed
Donut Lady Mystery Series Book 2
Published March 2019
Florida Writers Association Award
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Sweet Deal Revealed
Donut Lady Mystery Series, Book 3
Published July 2019
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In 2019, I published four books and won three awards. Time to up my game.
December 13, 2019
No Coconut Trees in Georgia
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Here’s a hack you won’t find anywhere else!
When you are at a school library in Georgia and you are discussing the differences in plants and trees between the Florida Everglades and South Georgia, NEVER dispute a second-grader. For example, coconut trees in Georgia? Pay attention to the seven-year-old expert.
Readers always win.
December 5, 2019
How Would You Survive?
Are you ready for the free book in December that will help you check your survival skills? What will you do when the power grid goes down? No internet, no social media, grocery stores run out of food in three days, gas pumps won’t work. End of the world as we know it. How would you survive?
Note: My books are on Amazon. No surprise, but just letting you know as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
DANGER IN THE CLOUDS is Survivalist Science Fiction with a touch of supernatural.
Major Dave Elliott’s quiet farm life abruptly changes after a cyber-attack takes down the US power grid. When the criminal conspiracy expands to target his family, Major goes on the attack.
DANGER IN THE CLOUDS ~ FREE DEC 5 – 8
DANGER IN THE CLOUDS on AMAZON
November 24, 2019
Bizarre? Just a Little
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As soon as I had my table set up at the Bizarre Bazaar in Bainbridge, GA, my newest friend grabbed her DONUT LADY BOOK 1, Sweet Deal Sealed, before they were all gone. Note that I am a good inch taller than she is. She was at the booth around the corner from me with her amazing, talented husband and his beautiful woodwork. I love the new-to-me local festivals in south Georgia. I meet nice people and sell books.
There were some slightly bizarre happenings. I’m not going to tell you though because they all have a place in one of my books for 2020. I will tell you that I discovered the next murderer for DONUT LADY BOOK 4. One hint: the murderer is not pictured above. Unless she wants to be, then all bets are off.
Interested in knowing more about my current books? Here you go! Judith A. Barrett Author Page
November 2, 2019
Fall Festivals
This fall, FarmerMan and I are attending nearby fall festivals. We haul our books, tables, and tent and set up in a field or in a parking lot. Our most recent fall festival was the Elevate Artisan Market hosted at an alpaca farm. Some people go to their local chain bookstore to sell and sign books. My hat’s off to them, but I suspect I met more people, sold more books, and had more fun at the alpaca farm.
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My booth neighbor
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Notice that Donna Butler, my booth neighbor, is strategically placed across from the maisie daze fleecery.
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I had a corner booth. One side of my tent faced the fleecery shop’s alpaca petting pen, and the other side overlooked a field of beautiful alpacas.
All the volunteers at the event wore T-shirts with the tagline, “Spit Happens.” Alpaca humor. A little known fact is that when an alpaca mama is giving birth, she is said to be “unpacking.”
Art festivals are very educational.
October 24, 2019
The Girl Who Saw Clouds Finds Her Niche
Sometimes it takes a book a while to find its niche. THE GIRL WHO SAW CLOUDS has settled in at
#1 Children’s Science Fiction Books
and
#1 Children’s Fantasy Books.
Of course! Science Fiction + Fantasy! That’s it!
FREE UNTIL OCTOBER 25 on Amazon
October 22, 2019
October Bonus for the Young Adult/Middle Grade Reader
A quiet splash about The Girl Who Saw Clouds – a Young Adult/Middle Grade novel.
FREE for the younger reader interested in dystopian science fiction. Oct 23-25.
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On Amazon THE GIRL WHO SAW CLOUDS
October 18, 2019
An Award for Maggie Sloan
I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A SPY has been awarded the 2019 EBook New Apple Award for Excellence in Independent Publishing by New Apple Literary Services.
New Apple’s Annual Book Awards for Excellence in Independent Publishing were established to honor the creative achievements within the world of indie and self-publishing that so often go unnoticed among the multitude of book releases.
[image error] We tried to get a photo of Spike doing his wacky dance, but he was too busy pestering Larry. Here are his fill-ins.
Not sure who Spike and Larry are? Time to read I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A SPY.
