Tag: domestic violence
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Season of Giving Special (10% off Help Wanted)
A very bad thing happened to a friend of mine. I saw a lot of it, heard more. She survived to ask that I tell her story, and when I asked her what charity I could donate some of my royalties to – and encourage my readers to donate to – she immediately said “WEAVE!”…
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Special Limited Time Offer for Help Wanted!
For the next week Help Wanted will be on sale! 25% off at Smashwords if you use coupon code: UL62N Please keep in mind that this coupon is for Smashwords, not Amazon. At Smashwords you can download any format you like, including kindle files. Help Wanted is DRM free, for your convenience. 50% of my royalties for Help…
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Help Wanted is Published!
I’m pleased to announce that Help Wanted is now available for purchase. For the convenience of whispernet delivery, you can buy it at Amazon. For download delivery in all e-book formats, Smashwords is the place.
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Help Wanted: Excerpt Chapter Five
This is it! The last excerpt before publishing! I’m being generous, really; the excerpt is quite lengthy. Help Wanted is due to be published by the end of the month, so you won’t have long to wait to read the rest. 5. IN THE FLESH The next evening, Amy picked up Maggie before going…
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The Final Stretch!
We’re so close to getting Help Wanted done and published! I worked on editing all weekend, those final little tweaks. I’m taking a day off from it tomorrow and then I’ll throw it on my kindle and see how it reads there. With any luck there won’t be any errors. If I need to make…
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Help Wanted: Excerpt, Chapter Four
Help Wanted will be published by the end of the month. After this there will be one more chapter posted pre-publishing to get you hooked. 4. RESCUE FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE Amy didn’t hear from Paul or see him as “online” on Gmail for some time after that. That was a good way to follow through…
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Help Wanted: Excerpt, Chapter Three
I’m starting to feel the pinch! Help Wanted is going to e-press by the end of the month, and I’ll be ready. For your third taste… 3. E IS ALSO FOR ENGAGEMENT Time went on. Maggie did well at school except that she remained shy. Amy’s maternity-leave anxiety about a closing came to pass, but…
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Progress Report: Help Wanted
As I’ve mentioned before, Help Wanted is a fictionalized account of a true story. When the woman whose story it is — who I call “Amy” in the book — read it, she suggested two more scenes that might help illustrate some of the points the story was trying to make. I wrote the two…
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Excerpt: Help Wanted
They got to the substance abuse clinic just before 9:00 AM. Amy explained to the receptionist why they were there, and they sat down in the lobby. After about 15 minutes, the receptionist called out, “I’m sorry, could you come up here again, I have a question.” Amy went to the desk. The receptionist said,…
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I quack me up: School Shopping
I’ll do this again. I’ll find some snippet from my own work that particularly tickles me… and then subject you to it. The following is from my only non-fantasy fiction WIP (work in progress).