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The Writing Journey: How the Eclipse Changed My Writing Life

February 28, 2018 by Michele Pariza Wacek 3 Comments

2017 will forever be remembered as the year I became a writer. That likely sounds strange to you. After all, I’m a professional copywriter. I’ve been earning a living as a writer since 1998 when I started my freelance copy business. I began the transformation into owner of a copywriting and marketing company in 2004. […]

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The Writing Journey: Stepping into My Fiction Author Identity

February 6, 2018 by Michele Pariza Wacek 4 Comments

There’s a strange phenomenon I occasionally witness at my copywriting and marketing company. Clients will hire us for copy and marketing support, pay in full, and then either disappear or not actually use what they paid for. When I would reach out to ask them why, I would typically hear some variation of how yes, […]

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“Mirror Image” Launches Tomorrow! (Plus The Story Behind The Story)

May 26, 2016 by Michele Pariza Wacek 2 Comments

Lots of excitement here in PW land as we’re getting ready for the big launch of “Mirror Image.” You can grab your copy right here. And, just like “The Stolen Twin,” this novel has quite a backstory too. It all started when I was a teenager and on a family vacation in New Hampshire. While […]

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The Story Behind “The Stolen Twin”

November 17, 2015 by Michele Pariza Wacek 4 Comments

The Stolen Twin

I actually wrote “The Stolen Twin” over 10 years ago. And then I stuffed in a desk drawer (well, to be completely honest, I actually stuffed it into a file on my computer, but that doesn’t have the same impact as stuffing it in a desk drawer) and left it there for over 10 years. […]

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A fresh start. That’s what Becca had hoped for. But instead she’s thrust into a past she barely remembers, one that threatens her sanity and her life.

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15 years ago, 16-year-old Jessica vanished, never to be seen again. Can Becca, the last person who saw her, discover the truth before it’s too late?

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The shocking conclusion of the award-winning Secrets of Redemption series where long-buried secrets will finally be revealed …

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As a child, Kit’s twin sister Cat disappeared, never to be heard from again. Until one Halloween night. But is it really Cat? Or is it someone else playing a sinister and deadly game?

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