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Award winning author who writes adult historical fiction, focused on strong women, that will entertain and reenergize readers.

New York City, USA
Joined July 2014
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A good essay on the show don't tell axiom. A good essay on the show don't tell axiom.A good essay on the show don't tell axiom.The Fallacy of “Show, Don’t Tell” in Writing writersdigest.com/the-fallac…
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#questpit A burnt-out best-selling romance novelist must switch genres to save her career, but distractions from a former lover, who is trying to rekindle their dead relationship, and a visiting niece threaten to sabotage her plans. #A #R #WF
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#questpit When a conflicted best-selling author stakes her success on a sudden and extreme genre-change, the coinciding visit of her teenage niece is just what she needs to reinvigorate her passion for life and her faith in love. #WF #A #R
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#questpit What do you do when suddenly you’re a surrogate mother for a 17-year-old niece, and you’re spending an inordinate amount of time with a former lover who you threw away years ago, and you’re trying to save your career? #WF,#R, #A
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To Create and Connect II: Links for Writers open.substack.com/pub/stacey…
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“I have no patience for anything experimental or obscure—above all, obscure. I have to know at all times exactly what’s going on. I’m very committed to the pleasure principle. You read literature to have a good time. Or why else would people go on doing it?” - Martin Amis.
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I've just entered the @jerichowriters #First500 competition for a chance to win a one-to-one with an agent, a full MS assessment and a lifetime Jericho Writers Membership. What a prize! Wish me luck 🤞
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Here's a chance to get your MS seen by an international audience. And no entry fee. writers-online.co.uk/news/in…
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Just got a full request for my contemporary romantic women's fiction. fingers crossed.
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#JoyPit #a Charlotte’s summer: she can’t write romances anymore, she believes her career is over, her self-doubts resurface, her 17-year-old niece moves in, her former lover reappears and becomes a frequent visitor to her apartment determined to rekindle their relationship.
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#KidLitPit Ardania is a peaceful kingdom until the incompetent King Bungle and his bumbling Assembly lead the country to war, an opportunity for Gaston, a lowly gardener, to save the day, and win the Princess’s heart. But, if he fails, he faces banishment or possibly beheading.
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#KidLitPit Charlie travels to Fireland, where he meets the Fire Princess and goes on a problem-solving adventure for her. Along the way, he must resolve some inner conflicts and questions. Will he keep his promise to the Princess, or seek a shortcut to his own happiness?
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#KidLitPit What happened to Jake after he discovered that his friend Derrick was a wizard and possessed the power to change him into all sorts of animals?
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