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What I'm reading: August 2022

Here are the top five books I'm looking forward to reading before the end of summer.

My "to read" list on Goodreads has stretched to include 55 novels! Here are the top five books I'm looking forward to reading most this summer.

All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

It's safe to say I'm most excited for the debut novel of Crime Junkie podcaster Ashley Flowers. It is expected to publish in mid-August 2022. Small town, unsolved murder, new disappearance twenty years later ... This book has all th...

Book review: The Stranger in the Mirror

Liv Constantine's The Stranger in the Mirror is a suspenseful, addictive page-turner.

The Stranger in the Mirror is a deliciously twisty novel from Liv Constantine. It was released in the summer of 2021, but I am just now getting around to checking it off my reading list!

A wild, addictive story ... I raced through this book to discover the unexpected twist.

Told through the viewpoints of multiple characters, The Stranger in the Mirror hooked me right from the start. It tells the story of Addiso...

My writing journey

In the evenings, I shake off the structure of writing for work and have fun exploring the creative fiction world.

Not too long ago, the Illinois Author Project invited me to talk about my background and writing process. I wanted to share a little about how I got started as a writer, why I can't go without an outline, and why I'm a fan of NaNoWriMo.

"It’s been a lifelong dream to be an author."

How I got started as a writer

My love of writing started with a love of reading. As the daughter of a l...

New book deal with Crooked Lane Books

I'm thrilled to share that I've signed with Crooked Lake Books, a mystery and thriller publisher, to publish my debut novel.

I'm thrilled to announce that I signed with Crooked Lane Books to publish my manuscript, The Three Deaths of Willa Stannard.

When I wrote my manuscript, it was because I love writing and I had a story to tell. I didn't anticipate it would be published one day. When I finished it, my earliest readers were so encouraging that I felt compelled to see where I could take the m...