Meet Xander: Character Profile & Excerpt

This is the fourth of six character profiles to introduce you to the group of friends in Beautiful & Terrible Things. Award-winning author Kathy Maresca describes the camaraderie between the six this way: โ€œImagine the 90's sitcom Friends in 2024.โ€ And she is not the only one to compare my crew to the Friends crew … Continue reading Meet Xander: Character Profile & Excerpt

Meet Sunny: Character Profile & Excerpt

This is the second of six character profiles to introduce you to the group of friends in Beautiful & Terrible Things, about which award-winning author Ruth F. Stevens (no relation to me) says: โ€œThe six young men and women we meet in Beautiful and Terrible Things share a warm, Iโ€™ve-got-your-back camaraderie that reminded me of … Continue reading Meet Sunny: Character Profile & Excerpt

Novelette Release: The Wallace House of Pain

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My novelette called The Wallace House of Pain is now available in paperback and ebook format, exclusively on Amazon. The story is a portrait of troubled family relations, modern social justice issues and deeply personal choices. Hereโ€™s the back-cover blurb: Activist Xander Wallace and his straitlaced father do not have an easy relationship. Jimโ€™s views … Continue reading Novelette Release: The Wallace House of Pain