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"A Trip to the Hardware Store & Other Calamities"

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I'm very excited that my (award-winning!) book "A Trip to the Hardware Store & Other Calamities" is now available as an audiobook, read by the wonderfully talented Carrie Lee Martz. It's available on Amazon, Audibles.com & I-Tunes. Check it out!

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Message me if you want one of the five audiobooks I am giving away of my just-released audiobook: "A Trip to the Hardware Store & Other Calamities."

This audiobook is a short work of humorous essays, read by the wonderful voice-over actress, Carrie Lee Martz. This book won the "Indie Book of the Day" in October. Hurry! :-)

My book of humorous essays, "I'm Not Talking About You, Of Course," is free on Amazon through Monday 3/31 at midnight. Check it out! :-)

My award-winning book of humorous essays, "A Trip to the Hardware Store & Other Calamities", is now available in paperback--and just in time for the holidays! Where else can you find so many laughs for under $6.00? Check it out:

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Free E-book on Amazon thru 5/22 only! Check it out:

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Quirky Essays for Quirky People: The Complete Collection

For the first time, all in one place, the award-winning books, "A Trip to the Hardware Store & Other Calamities," and "I'm Not Talking About You, Of Course," PLUS seven bonus essays. What a collection! If this doesn't make you smile, then you're not even trying.

"A Trip to the Hardware Store"
These humorous essays explore such quirky topics as: disastrous home repairs, ("A Trip to the Hardware Store"), an unfortunate dinner party ("Dinner is Served"), the truth about lazy people ("Lazy Bones"), the weird life of a debt collector ("Your Account is Past Due") and obsessions with gadgets ("Gadget Girl"). Other essays examine how surreal the aging process is ("Where Did the Time Go?"), why you shouldn't judge a person by their job ("Beyond Belief"), and how to complicate simple transactions ("High Finance").

"I'm Not Talking About You, Of Course"
A collection of humorous insights into important topics ranging from annoying pet people ("I'm Not Talking About You, Of Course"), to analyzing your inner child ("Irrational Fears"), to living like the Amish in the aftermath of a hurricane ("A Jolt of Electricity"). Other essays examine just how much damage can be caused by a sneeze ("It All Started with a Loud Sneeze"), why it is so complicated to buy a tube of toothpaste ("Ask Me No Questions"), how a parent's obsessive hobbies can become an inescapable vortex ("Crazy Hobbies"), and why spending the night in a sleep clinic is like being abducted by probing aliens ("Nightmare at the Sleep Clinic").

If you don't see yourself in each of these entertaining essays, then I'm not talking about you, of course.