Did I really just see an actual, genuine real ghost?! Did I just catch a glimpse of Faith, the resident real ghost of the Hassayampa Inn in Prescott, Arizona? With shaking hands, I pawed through my ghost-hunting kit to find my notes. Yes, there it was. Faith wore a pink a dress. Faith carried flowers. Oh […]
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Ep 4: Meeting Faith
My phone rang as I was sitting in the maid’s closet at the Hassayampa Inn. I jumped, spilling my iced salted caramel mocha latte all over me. It was Craig, my on-again, off-again EX-boyfriend. I grabbed at the phone, spilling more coffee all over myself, trying to silence it before the entire hallway of guests came […]
Ep 3: What’s In a Ghost Hunting Kit Anyway?
Time for one last check of my new-and-improved ghost hunting kit before heading out for a night of ghost hunting. In addition to the notebook and pen from before, I’ve added a flashlight, camera, tape recorder, bottled water, almonds, and a bag of M&Ms to my ghost hunting kit. I then shoved in three bottles […]
“It Began With a Lie” Launch Date Set!
It’s Official! The first book in my “Secrets of Redemption” series, “It Began With a Lie” is set for release on September 10, 2018! You can pre-order it for your Kindle right now, here. (Woot! Celebrate!) I also have a confession: Yes, I had been talking about a summer launch for this series, but it’s actually […]
Ep 2: Ghost Hunters in Hassayampa Inn, Prescott, Arizona
Our first stop as ghost hunters was the Hassayampa Inn in Prescott, Arizona. According to local legend, in 1927, Faith was the much younger, new bride of an older gentleman, and they chose the Hassayampa Inn in Prescott, Arizona to honeymoon. Faith’s husband went out to buy cigarettes and never returned. After a few days […]
Ep 1: Meet the Ghost Hunters
I’m Riley Longhill, and my dog Geist and I are ghost hunters. Okay, okay, I confess. I’m new to this ghost-hunting business. You see, my mother died last year, and her death really brought home how truly short life is. A few months after her death, I took a good, hard look at my life, […]
The Writing Journey: Lost in the Wilderness
After I made the decision to cut off my writer’s soul (to stop writing fiction and focus exclusively on building my copy and marketing company), I basically found myself lost in the wilderness. Although, I didn’t realize it at the time. What I DID know was that I kept finding myself in the middle of […]
Book Review: “The Good Girl” by Mary Kubica
One night, Mia Dennett enters a bar to meet her on-again, off-again boyfriend. But when he doesn’t show, she leaves with an enigmatic stranger. At first, Colin Thatcher seems like a safe one-night stand. But following Colin home turns out to be the worst mistake of Mia’s life. “The Good Girl” is the second book […]
The Writing Journey: Cutting Myself off from My Writing Soul
The early 2000’s were not kind to my writing career. In 1998, I quit my job to become a freelance copywriter. Part of the reason why I wanted to start my writing business is because I thought I would have more time to work on my novels. I was wrong. Within the first five years […]
Book Review: “Don’t You Cry” by Mary Kubica
In downtown Chicago, Esther Vaughan disappears from her apartment without a trace. A haunting letter addressed to “My Dearest” is found among her possessions, leaving her roommate Quinn Collins to question how well she really knew her friend. Meanwhile, in a small town an hour outside Chicago, a mysterious woman appears in the quiet coffee […]