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An Interview With a Fictional Character

A Long Way Home Myra Hargrave McIlvain Myra interviews Meredith Haggerty, the protagonist in this wonderful story I reviewed here last Sunday. BLURB: After crippling her husband in an auto crash, Meredith Haggerty endures years of his abuse while harboring a plan to escape when she can make it look as if she died. She grasps …

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Book Review – A Long Way Home by Myra Hargrave McIlvain

A Long Way Home Myra Hargrave McIlvain File Size: 5351 KB Print Length: 208 pages Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited Publisher: White Bird Publications, LLC (February 18, 2020) Publication Date: February 18, 2020 Sold by: Amazon.com Services LLC Language: English ASIN: B083QNW1ST BLURB: After crippling her husband in an auto crash, Meredith Haggerty endures years of …

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#Fridayreads – Excerpt from Desperate Season

I’m continuing with scenes from the third book in the Seasons Mystery Series, Desperate Season. I’m still working on the final read-through and edit before submitting it for publication. I hope you enjoy reading these excerpts, and I’d love any feedback you are willing to give. If you’d like to get the first two books …

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Learning to be Still – Tips from Kristen Lamb

Kristen Lamb, an author and writing coach, writes a blog that I follow, and she recently posted an essay: Quiet: Have We Forgotten to Be Still in a World That Never Stops.  When I read the title, I was intrigued, mainly because I have always struggled with being still. Quiet. Sitting and doing… nothing. Perhaps …

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Book Excerpt – Desperate Season: Book Three of the Seasons Mystery Series

Sharing another excerpt of the new Seasons Mystery, Desperate Season. I’m doing a final edit, then I hope the book will be ready for a publishing home. Sarah Kingsly eased back to a comfortable lope a quarter of a mile from home, then slowed to a walk for the final block to cool down. When …

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Sitting on a Fortune Book Blog Tour and Review

SITTING ON A FORTUNE The Sisters, Texas Book 9  by BECKI WILLIS Genre: Cozy Mystery / Romance / Women Sleuths Publisher: Clear Creek Publishing Date of Publication: February 11, 2020 Number of Pages: 228 Scroll down for giveaway!   Hidden fortune. Hidden danger.  Madison Reynolds deCordova is about to uncover a dangerous secret…literally. During In …

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Book Excerpt – Third Book in The Seasons Mystery Series

Over the next few months I’m going to occasionally share an excerpt from the third book in the Seasons Mystery Series, Desperate Season. I’ve been trying to get this book completed for a few years now, but life and other books interfered. Other than having to clean up the rough parts of the last two …

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Collision of Lies Blog Tour And Giveaway

COLLISION OF LIES (Detective Amara Alvarez, Book One) by TOM THREADGILL Genre: Contemporary Christian Suspense Publisher: Revell Date of Publication: February 4, 2020 Number of Pages: 400 Scroll down for the giveaway! Three years ago, a collision between a fast-moving freight train and a school bus full of kids led to devastation and grief on an …

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Meet Mystery Author D.B. Borton

Please help me welcome D.B. Borton to the blog as today’s Wednesday’s Guest. She is the author of Bayou City Burning, the first book in a new mystery series that I reviewed here last Sunday. Since the story takes place in Houston, TX in the summer, when even the sidewalks melt in the summer, maybe …

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Yeah, But I Didn’t Book Blog Tour & Giveaway

YEAH, BUT I DIDN’T by ANN SWANN Genre: Young Adult / Coming of Age / Bullying Publisher: Wordcrafts Press Publication Date: November 12, 2019 Number of Pages: 274 pages SCROLL DOWN FOR THE GIVEAWAY!  The first rung: the betrayal The second rung: the assault The third rung: the rumors The fourth rung: the painting The …

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