A Blast from the Past: The Skunk Scene

A Blast from the Past: The Skunk Scene

Dog Skunk Scene from The Winner’s Circle An hour later, Jackie finished packing her bags. Three suitcases and a plastic garment bag filled with her friend-of-the- bride gown and new full-length fur. She played with the zippers a few moments, feeling like a carefree,...
What Logline Entices You, the Reader, Most?

What Logline Entices You, the Reader, Most?

Logline One for STASHES “Baby Boomer retirees gallivant around the country in a Winnebago, leaving the family farm in the care of their hapless son and his conniving wife. What could go wrong?” Logline Two for HASHES & BASHES “A charismatic outsider arrives on a...
Preview of The Jailbird’s Jackpot

Preview of The Jailbird’s Jackpot

This is your introduction to Bad-Ass Amy, the walking-stalking protagonist of the separate-and-equal sequel of my award-winning book, The Winner’s Circle… Amy’s entrance in Traverse City, site of Travis Castro’s bar, was not as quiet as she’d...
Back soon – and, in the meantime…

Back soon – and, in the meantime…

I’m just going to put this right here. It’s inviting, enticing, and bespeaks adventure, my husband and I are adventuring elsewhere in not-America. Makes you want to peek inside – yes? Yes! Open! Open! Are you gonna? You owe yourself a peek…...
Back soon – and, in the meantime…

Woosh! Friendship lost and regained. Whew!

Woosh. All the air left Bonnie’s lungs. The moments-ago lobby scene with Jackie was bad—well, she admitted it had been a fight. Not like the grasping-and-clawing, utterly gross mudwrestling Bonnie had glimpsed during an online search for one of Pastor Rankin’s...