Crocuses, chaos, and old school buildings

Hello from Siegen!I hope you're well, and that spring is in the air where you live. I mean that.I found some lovely crocuses in the garden behind my house just last week, despite the severe flooding we had during a storm the week before that. We may...

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Mar 16, 2022
Wintery Tales, take two!

Hello from Siegen!It's cold here where I live. Ideal weather for staying inside with a good book - in my case that would be writing a book rather than reading one.I'm currently working on a fantasy novel set in 1920s Ireland. There was a lot going on...

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Feb 16, 2022
Life happens, and then some...

Hi from Siegen! A reader e-mailed me today to let me know that the links I included in my newsletter today don't seem to be working for them. I have no idea why! Thank you for sticking with me!Here are those books I was telling you about again, in ca...

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Jan 16, 2022
It's a new year with new challenges!

Hello again from Siegen!I hope your 2022 is going well so far.Any new year's resolutions or personal goals on your end?I'm so bad at sticking to mine...Except for when I aim for something that's really very well defined and won't cause a huge uproar...

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Jan 16, 2022
Sorry! Clicked the send button prematurely...

Hello from Siegen! You probably just got an email from me that was supposed to go out to you later in the month.I have an confession to make: I am one scatterbrained author to begin with, and I'm still brainfoggy from my recent Covid infection. The p...

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Jan 05, 2022
Happy Holidays from Siegen

Hello from Siegen!Just a short note to wish you very happy holidays. I hope you can enjoy some down time with your family and friends.Reading a good book over the Christmas weekend? I definitely am!I have Patricia Gibney's newest Lottie Parker crime...

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Dec 16, 2021
Falling back

Hello from Siegen!The clocks have been set back one hour, and where I live, it gets dark at 4:30pm now.How is it where you live? And how are you dealing with the change of season?To be honest, I don’t like frosty mornings and dreary afternoons.But No...

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Nov 16, 2021
Where has the year gone?

Hello from Siegen,It’s November already – where has the year gone? I’ve been sitting at my desk this month, trying to organize what’s left of it, and I’ve discovered that I already have projects and deadlines scheduled for early 2022!  How about...

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Oct 30, 2021
Did you see this?

Hi there!Just a short note from me, wishing you a happy weekend.Did you enjoy the short reading from Into the Dark that I sent you recently?If so, you might be interested in reading the whole book. It's available on Amazon. I've dropped the link belo...

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Oct 16, 2021
Did you see this?

Hi there,Here's my monthly update for October 15th, 2021...🎥 Leaving Leignsbridge audio excerpt from Into the DarkA few days ago, while checking my YT account, I stumbled across a reading from Into the Dark, Book 2 of the Dies Irae Series.It's been y...

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Oct 15, 2021