Greetings! My debut novel “The Clearing” comes out March 1st. As part of my marketing plan, we have put my book on Goodreads to get some reviews. So. I’ve put Chapter One below for your (hopefully) enjoyment. If you like it, you can click on the cover to go to the book’s page on Goodreads and click the “Want to Read” button (that’s a rather thinly veiled request :)). Also, there’s a section on the page where you can enter to win a FREE copy…!
Many heartfelt thanks to anyone who reads the chapter, leaves a comment, clicks “Want to Read”, or enters the contest…thank you so much!

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Chapter One

Itwasn’t anywhere near noon, and Beth Lowe already had a sneaking suspicion her day was about to go down the drain. The odor of urine and feces…

Tues., Feb. 19 – Barbara Herrera (writing as Martha Emms) and “Portrait of our Marriage”

Sat., Feb. 23 –  Emily Guido and “The Light Bearer” series

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Book Description:

“He remembered the little motel in the desert when his life turned around.”

Six wayward travelers stop for the night at a remote California desert motel. The next morning each leaves “geeling good,” but unaware they have become addicted to a gaseous drug piped into their rooms.

The motel owner, Jeffrey, is a scientist recently fired by a prestigious Southern California drug manufacturer. The basement of the motel has been converted into a secret laboratory where Jeffrey conduct his clandestine experiments.

It is there that he invents “Freedom,” a drug that frees people from depression, anger, stress, and aggression. Jeffrey has grandiose plans to make “Freedom” available throughout the world in order to bring about peace and harmony.

Spinning slowly into the depths of insanity, he decides to forego getting FDA approval of “Freedom” and instead tests its effectiveness…

…what do pelicans, ostriches and Government Tax Departments have in common, Mabel?…they can all stick their bills up their a*se!…now hold that thought…when the unspeakable, unthinkable happens to ye as a writer, and ye get a NASTY review, think  ‘bills’ and ‘a*se’…now, that’s better, isn’t it?…one of the gazillions of things and stuff I’ve been learning on this here literary gig is to differentiate between NASTY REVIEWS, and HONEST CRITIQUE...the yobo nutters who spew bile at anybody’s work, just because they can, ignore them completely…as for the others who, in good faith, may not feel as glowingly enchanted by yer work as ye do yersel, THESE are the ones to take heed of…and I’ll let ye into a wee secret…if yer Amazon pages are filled with nothing but emerald-studded five-star reviews…SUMB’DY’s gonna suss that ye’ve had Uncle Fred and Auntie Mabel and the rest…