Jumping in midweek

Hello, Write Edge readers! I’m jumping into the schedule midweek this week. Having a conscientious high school senior in the house means I’m spending time editing college application essays on top of everything else I’m doing. Which means I couldn’t post on Monday. But here I am!

I’ve posted my latest book review for you. Today I’m sharing my thoughts on the spring 2023 release Hard Rain by Samantha Jayne Allen. Here’s the opening to my post:

A rookie private investigator gets her first solo case to find a missing Good Samaritan in her small town. Along the way, she runs across a growing drug problem and finds disturbing evidence it may be connected to her case. Author Samantha Jayne Allen brings back the brooding young woman from her first book in this follow-up novel that plods along in her new release Hard Rain.

Read the whole review now on The Write Edge Bookshelf!

Also, this week I’m also part of a really cool effort to help raise funds for homes and businesses lost in Maui. A group of Hawaiian authors, editors, and others in the publishing industry rallied together to put together an auction of all things bookish. If you’re a writer, a reader, or know one of those two types of people, check out the auction here. There are nearly a thousand items to bid on (including a copy of In the Heart of the Linden Wood!) All proceeds raised go to relief efforts in Maui.

The initial goal for the auction was $25,000, and people’s generosity raised well over that on the first day of the auction alone. Now the goal is $100,000, and you can help get it there! If you’re a book lover, there are plenty of amazing items to bid on. If you’re not a writer but know and love one, bid on one of the editing/query packages as a gift for that person. Trust me when I say that they’ll thank you a thousand times over! Again, click here for the auction info.

Have a great week, readers!

E.R.G.

P.S. Tell a loved one this week you care about them. Life is too short not to.