I’ve been working on a short story based on my grandmother’s experience in a state mental hospital. She was sent there in 1940 when my mother was 12 years old. Back then, it was not unusual for men to commit their wives to mental institutions if the women were a bother, eccentric, didn’t perform their […]
Rave Reviews Book Club (RRBC)
If you’ve been reading my blogs over the past few months, you’ve seen me refer to #RRBC, the Rave Reviews Book Club. I don’t know how I found this group, but I must admit, my entire approach to writing and publishing as an independent writer has changed, thanks to the expertise that the members have […]
RRBC 6th Annual Writer’s Conference and Book Expo: C’mon Down!
Hello followers and friends! I am a proud member of the Rave Reviews Book Club, and I have an invitation for you! Monday, August 9th, is the start of RRBC’s 6th Annual Writers’ Conference & Book Expo, and we’d like to invite you to drop by!There will be games, prizes, surprises and other goodies, so be sure […]
My Desk
I really have a desk. No, really. For several years, the desk was buried under stacks of paper, junk from who-knows-where, flotsam and jetsam, scraps of notes for songs I never wrote, you name it. Essentially, I had nowhere to go to write. For my first book, Empty Seats, I went to the local library […]

Welcome to Day 6 of #NJ12DaysOfAuthors June Series! @TonyaWrites #ASecretGift @RRBC_Org #RRBC
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Welcome to Day 10 of #NJ12DaysOfAuthors June Series! @PTLPerrin #TerrasCall @RRBC_Org @RRBC_RWISA @Tweets4RWISA #RRBC
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Welcome to Day 11 of #NJ12DaysOfAuthors June Series! @MauraBeth2014 #TheEdgeOfFear @RRBC_Org @RRBC_RWISA @Tweets4RWISA #RRBC
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Help Wanted?
It’s all over the news. We see help wanted signs everywhere we go. “We can’t find enough workers.” “People are lazy because the unemployment compensation was raised during the pandemic.” “No one wants to work. They just like to sit around and watch Netflix or play video games.” “What’s happened to the American work ethic?” […]
Photographs and Memories
Do you have any idea what memories are in your basement? I don’t. Every now and then, I mosey on down the stairs and find things relating to my past life. Examples: -my class photo from the third grade at Johnson School in North Weymouth, Massachusetts -my student ID from the University of Tennessee (1967) […]

Welcome to Day 10 of #NJ12DaysOfAuthors (May) Series! @LinneaTanner @RRBC_Org @RRBC_RWISA @Tweets4RWISA #DaggersDestiny
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nea GIVEAWAY: At the end of this series, 1 lucky visitor will win a (12) Kindle e-book pack which will include a copy of each book featured in this series + a $10 Amazon gift card! Simply leave a comment below to be entered into the drawing! *** On the…