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M.A. Chiappetta began her writing career in the eighth grade with a riveting tale of two robots who fall in love against society’s conventions. Published today, “Robots in Love” would no doubt be a blockbuster, if only a copy of it still existed.

Today, she continues her quest to become famous and well-paid through copywriting, ghostwriting, editing, blogging and journalism. She has been published in a variety of magazines and websites, including Preview, Oklahoma Magazine, Vehicle MD, go.drive, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer’s Chat, and Mensa Bulletin.

Her musings on writing, creativity, and life in general—colored by her eclectic interests in writing, music, SFF, laughter, spirituality, and geekdom—can be found on her website, The Chipp ...more

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Book Review: Barred Justice by John Oliver Green

What leads a person to find himself involved with criminals and facing jail time? How do we fall down that slippery slope of befriending someone, and then ending in deeper than we planned? These are the tyoes of questions that Barred Justice asks. And the answers may be a bit more uncomfortable than you might think.

Like a lot of people, author John Oliver Green finds himself in trouble with the la

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	Dark and Dangerous Things II by M.A. Chiappetta (Goodreads Author), Donna A. Leahey (Goodreads Author), Margaret Perdue (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark & Dangerous Things by M.A. Chiappetta (Goodreads Author), L.A. Smith, Donna A. Leahey (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark and Dangerous Things III by M.A. Chiappetta (Goodreads Author), Ellis Arcwolf (Goodreads Author), Donna A. Leahey (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out to Get Me: Chipper Musings on Daily Life, the Universe, and Evil Snack Foods 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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