AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF MARRIAGE, HE LEFT HER WITH NOTHING BUT LOSS & BETRAYAL Lisa Montgomery thought her marriage a happy one, but after her husband succumbs to a fatal illness, she discovers his secret post office box. BEYOND the ABYSS shares a widow's struggle through loss, betrayal, and bitterness. In her search for answers, she finds something unexpected and unwanted - a growing attraction to a retired fire chief. When he pursues her with a passion that melts her icy

BASED ON A TRUE STORY A Short Story: A Lonely Wife's Love For a Rescue Puppy With her husband traveling for business and their son deployed on a destroyer, Jane lives a lonely life. She spends anniversaries and birthdays without her husband and struggles with anger and loneliness. Then a stray dog enters her life.

Because of his forbidden love for a slave destined to become queen, an Egyptian prince is cursed through eternity.

A simple, step-by-step method for building a successful storyline/outline. A compact writing course, my ebook takes you from your idea to a solid storyline. Designed for the busy lifestyle, it's simple enough to read in one sitting, yet powerful enough to demonstrate the mysteries of the modern story structure. The Kindle version includes the material and the one-page chart templates I designed for the workbook. Learn how to keep the plot going through the "Middle Wasteland"

What’s the deadly writing sin readers can’t forgive? If you’re a writer, if you’ve ever attempted to write a novel, even if you’re an avid reader, you must have seen reviewers tag a novel as ”Dull,” “Slow-Moving,” and/or “Boring.” That’s the worst of all. Readers can forgive most any writing sin – except for BORING. As writers, what descriptions do we long to see? “Tight Writing” “Fast-Paced” “Well-Plotted,” and the absolute best, “Page-Turner.” Except for “Well-Plotted,” eve

FROM 2 AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS, COMES PARANORMAL ROMANCE & GHOST HORROR WAITING FOR THE RAIN, M. JEAN PIKE: A woman with no future, a man with no past. A magical medallion that changes both of their lives. Forever. After receiving a devastating medical diagnosis, twenty-eight-year-old Willow Mackenzie is determined to realize her unfulfilled dreams. On a jaunt to a lonely quarry called Baker’s Gully in the hope of photographing an eagle, she discovers an abandoned cottage and i

What’s the most important chapter in your novel? Some say it’s the first, others argue it’s the last. They’re both right for different reasons. However, if your first chapter isn’t dynamite, no one will see that great last chapter. With all the hundreds, thousands of books offered today, what will keep a reader, agent, publisher turning the pages of your book? If you've received rejections, or if your book is simply not selling, chances are you haven't mastered the CRITICAL s

Is your BACKSTORY relevant information or an Inconsequential Event? What should you include? And how much? At one point or another, most writers face that question. What is important to include in my characters' past and what should be left out? We all know too much backstory can be boring. Extremely boring, and it can cause readers to skim. Worse, they'll close the novel and never finish reading. So, as writers, how do we know? After all, we want our events to be exciting. W

Short Stories About New Beginnings, Love, Pain, and Enduring Strength

A single mother struggles for worth after a vicious attack. A police sergeant seeks redemption for a crime he didn't realize he'd committed - until the victim dies. While walking home from work one night, Tracy Michaels' world shatters when she's viciously attacked. He knows all about her and threatens to kill Ritchie, her baby son, if she goes to the police. She vows to keep silent, but when her friend and neighbor calls an ambulance, she's taken to the hospital. When detect

Dreams of a lover from another time haunt her sleep.... A ghost? Reincarnation? Or was she losing her mind? Strange things happen when she sees the decaying house for the first time: she knows how the rooms are arranged, knows of a gazebo that hasn't existed for fifty years. Hints of Bay Rum aftershave follow her through the house. A stirring of air whispers, "Remember . . . remember."

A Deadly Vigilante Crime Thriller of Twisted Justice In a SoCal restaurant parking lot, a paroled sex-offender dies of multiple gunshots... In Louisiana, a woman who kicked her young son to death dies of an overdose... In Yuma, while standing in line for a food handout, a man who escaped punishment for murdering his wife and child drops dead... Across the country, perps who've slaughtered innocents are dying. No one suspects a conspiracy - until a traumatized food critic stum