“The Taking” Giveaway!
Happy Book Birthday to The Taking! To celebrate, I’m giving away one of two signed paperback copies of The Taking, including a bonus bookmark. (US only.)
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The Story Behind the Story: “The Taking”
All my life, I had loved reading fairy tales and myths. As a child, some relative (likely one of my grandmothers but I can’t remember now) had bought me the original Grimm’s fairy tales, which I devoured. (I’m not sure if whoever bought it realized how dark some of them were, but quite honestly, it …
Excerpt: “The Taking”
Chapter 1 It started like any other day. My alarm woke me, dragging me out of an exhausted, unsatisfying sleep. Between my night terrors and inability to quiet my mind, it was a constant battle to get enough rest. I stumbled to the kitchen to get the first pot of coffee started—I went through at …
An Overview of the Towns of Redemption and Riverview
New to Redemption and Riverview? Or have you read a book or two and are you wondering how everything fits together? You’ve come to the right place! Here’s a list of 10 facts that are designed to help you understand the world of Riverview and Redemption. 1. Riverview, Wisconsin, is a college town modeled after …
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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Riverview, Wisconsin
The first book I ever wrote, Mirror Image, took me twenty-some years to write. I was in high school when the idea first came to me. I originally thought it would be a just a quick, little short story I would bang out in a day or two, but no matter how much I worked …
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Excerpt: “The Third Nanny”
Chapter 1 It all started with the letter. It was waiting for me when I arrived home after my late-afternoon class, sitting patiently under a pile of other envelopes like a fat spider hiding in the shadows until its prey appears. Of course, at the time, I had no idea how it would eventually destroy …
