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2025 Beijing International Book Fair  Guess whose book is going to be at

Guess whose book is going to be at the SECOND LARGEST International Book Fair in the world? Yes, you guessed it!

I am pleased and a little amazed that representatives from the BIBF reached out to me (twice) about this book which is the first book I have ever published.


Amazing.

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My most recent podcast guest appearance  My most recent guest spot on a

My most recent guest spot on a podcast program was with Monica Owsichek and is available by emailing her for access to her private podcast for Highly Sensitive Empaths.

Here are details written by Monica about the episode:

Sometimes, we don’t realize just how much we’ve given away—our energy, our voice, our peace—until it’s almost gone. That’s what struck me most during my recent conversation with Zoey Michaels on this episode of Conversations with Highly Sensitive Empaths.

Zoey didn’t enter...

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Cries for Help/ someone being scammed  I found this post as I was perusing

I found this post as I was perusing Facebook today and wanted to share because these can also be signs that your friend or family member might be under the influence of a scammer. Especially if you have never known your friend to behave in these ways before.

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Early Stages of Manipulation (book excerpt) I’m out there on some of the

I’m out there on some of the facebook groups that answer questions and alert others to scammers and possible scammers and I really applaud those who came up with this forum to help advise and check each others thinking.

Today, as I prepare for another interview as a guest on a podcast program to share my own experiences, I am thinking about what others are currently experiencing and how my book can help them.


Yesterday I posted the questionnaire designed to help someone who isn’t sure if they...

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Are You Being Scammed? Excerpt from Breaking Free: How Scammers Manipulate

Excerpt from Breaking Free: How Scammers Manipulate and How to Fight Back

https://youtube.com/shorts/3Evry8vtBNU?si=l3Pay0YORfuMR8kp

Self-Assessment Questionnaire:

Have You Been Scammed?

Instructions: Answer the following questions honestly. If you answer “Yes” to multiple questions, you may have been targeted by a scammer.

Section 1: Identifying the Scam Relationship

1 Did you meet this person online, through social media, a dating app, or a business connection?

• Yes

• No

2 Has this person...

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Podcast News - first guest interview  For those who missed the first

For those who missed the first podcast interview about my latest book designed to help those being scammed and their friends/family to understand what is happening behind the scenes and in their thinking.

Here is the link to that interview.

https://youtu.be/VJAiurysdpg?si=GS74o8j1DMinJlB4

Stay tuned because more interviews are also coming with other podcast programs.


Also, this is to announce that I will soon be launching a new podcast series. Details to come.


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What would you choose? I’m not sure if it was something I watched with my

I’m not sure if it was something I watched with my family or a rerun of The World of Disney later in life but I remember as a young person being enthralled by an episode of Walt Disney discussing the idea of the plausible impossible. I fell in love with the idea immediately and maybe it was in that moment that my desire to write was born.

As a writer, my happy place is in the world of ideas and taking ideas that may or may not be possible in real life to weave a story. With the changing of...

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Coming out this weekend  Dear Reader,I hope you will enjoy reading this

Dear Reader,

I hope you will enjoy reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it. For a long time, I’ve had a soft spot for Escape (The Piña Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes—it’s one of my guilty pleasures.

At first, I wrote this story purely for my own entertainment, but as it came together, I realized I couldn’t just keep it to myself. That’s one of the joys of being an indie author—I get to explore different genres and follow wherever inspiration takes me. Since my mind is always brimming...

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Behind the scenes: The Seventh Minute

As part of Generation X this and similar commercials were on the television a lot! Some memories never fade, so naturally I had to include it in my book.

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The next 3 chapters  Chapter 4: The AgreementMaggie couldn’t breathe.The

Chapter 4: The Agreement

Maggie couldn’t breathe.

The moment stretched between them, heavy and sharp-edged, thick with something she couldn’t name but could feel deep in her chest.

Oliver just stared at her, his expression unreadable—except for the flicker of something dark beneath it.

“You,” he said finally, voice low, almost stunned. “It was you.”

Maggie swallowed hard.

“Looks that way.”

Oliver exhaled sharply, running a hand through his hair.

“So what?” His voice was tight, controlled. “You were...

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Love, Lies, and Pina Coladas: A Love Story with a Twist - Extra Lime, Hold

Chapter 1: The Distance Between Them

Maggie Bennett used to believe love was meant to be grand—a force that filled rooms, painted the sky, made your heart race with possibility.

That’s what it had been in the beginning. She and Oliver had burned so brightly, drawn to each other like moths to a flame, fueled by late-night talks that stretched until dawn, by road trips with no destination, by the simple thrill of knowing that whatever came next, they’d face it together.

Now, twelve years later,...

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NEW RELEASE: Limited Time Discount Offer In celebration of my new release,

In celebration of my new release, The Echoed Mind, premiering today on Amazon.com will be available for an introductory price of 99 cents.

In addition to this book, I am also discounting previous book releases to the same price. This low price is for a limited time, so download your copy of this new release or any of my previous books while the deal lasts.

Although this book is premiering on Amazon.com today, it will soon be available for purchase (at same temporarily discounted rate) on other...

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