Today's episode of Book Launch Week features a Horseshoes and Hand Grenades excerpt that is short but intense. Astrid has just arrived at the door of her former boss's hotel suite, for a business meeting with him and another woman. He backed up, allowing me to pass by him into the small living area. The … Continue reading Excerpt: Hotel Suite
Thanks to Don Jimmy Reviews for the recent publication of this excerpt from my #MeToo novel Horseshoes and Hand Grenades. As Book Week Launch week continues, I'll let "Don Jimmy" do the talking. I'll just set up the scene by saying co-narrator Astrid is at the police station. The rest becomes clear as you read. … Continue reading Excerpt: At the Police Station
Book Launch Week should have ended, since my #MeToo novel Horseshoes and Hand Grenades was officially released on Friday, Sept. 27th. But I've got a few more excerpts I'd like to share. I hope you enjoy reading them. Today's excerpt is called Shelby Reflecting. One of our heroines is finally accepting that she needs to … Continue reading Excerpt: Shelby Reflecting
For today's excerpt in celebration of Horseshoes and Hand Grenades' Book Launch Week, we lighten the mood a bit from yesterday's short but dark passage. Early reviewers of the #MeToo novel suggested that it was a fun and entertaining read despite the heavy themes. That makes me very happy, because that was my intent. Shelby … Continue reading Excerpt: Carol’s Sex Advice
In today's post for Book Launch Week, here's the first of many excerpts I'll be publishing to give you a glimpse of the plot for Horseshoes and Hand Grenades (and hopefully encourage you to buy it). In this short but telling bit, Shelby is musing... I was twenty-two when I let the memories in. They’d … Continue reading Excerpt: Shelby Remembers
In today's installment of Book Launch Week for Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, we meet fragile but practical, music- and animal-loving Shelby Stewart, our second narrator. If you read yesterday's description of Astrid by Shelby, then you probably picked up some idea of Shelby's personality already. In this short bit, she is lamenting her looks upon … Continue reading Meet Shelby, #HAHG Hero
As part of my Book Launch Week, I'd like to introduce you to Astrid, one of the narrators of Horseshoes and Hand Grenades. In this excerpt, it's actually the other narrator, Shelby, who is speaking. It’s Shelby’s first day as an intern at a Boston PR firm, and Anne, the office manager, has just introduced … Continue reading Meet Astrid, #HAHG Hero
Horseshoes and Hand Grenades is officially published today by TouchPoint Press! In celebration, I’m kicking off “Book Release Week” although it will probably be more like two weeks because there are many things I want to share. Each day I’ll post an excerpt (or extract for my UK friends) from my #MeToo novel, to introduce … Continue reading #HAHG Book Launch Week Begins
Doing a live radio interview for "The K-Zone Lunchbox" with Travis at WPKZ-Radio (105.3 FM/1280 AM), in Fitchburg, Mass., last Friday was a blast! It was my first chance to talk about Horseshoes and Hand Grenades on the radio, and Travis was an amazing interviewer. I've sat in on many a radio interview over the … Continue reading #HAHG Radio Interview from the K-Zone “Lunchbox”
One reason I wrote Horseshoes and Hand Grenades was to open a window into why many women (and men) who are victims of workplace sexual harassment, incest, rape and other forms of sexual abuse, often don't speak up. Frankly, I was pissed off reading much of the Harvey Weinstein coverage, because it seemed the more … Continue reading How Women Speak Up