Just in time for Christmas, my newest novel is here and available on Amazon. Don’t Kill the Opera is a story of Beth Cortel, wife, nursery school teacher, and writer, who shares an office with three other wacky writers. Together trouble finds them, mysterious things happen, and those incidents end up in their writings. A skunk leaves its mark on Beth and the local gossip mill has her streaking through the streets. Honest, she didn’t do it! The ladies even manage to staple an intruder to the floor before the cops arrive. When her marriage threatens to unravel, her new-found friends give her the support she needs to solve her problems.
So how did I get the idea for this novel? Two members of my critique group rented an office and that is where our group met. There were some strange sounds in the building. I had ideas of a story about the building and the things that were happening, and the group encouraged me to write it. Of course I couldn’t use the actual people in the group or the actual location, so I made up a group of women, and a setting. Twice a month I brought a new segment of what was happening in the fake critique group. Each time I made up bigger and bigger tales about the women in the group, creating what is now the tale of Don’t Kill the Opera. (The women have decided that they like the fake people just fine.)
Now I just need to get the word out. I am taking part in an author’s night this Friday, December 6th at the Lewis County Historical Museum from 4:00 – 7:00. The book is also available on Amazon. If you have read my other book, Crossing the Raging River, you may like this one too. If you like any of my works, please take time to go to Amazon and put in a review. Thank you all so much. I couldn’t do this without you, my loyal fans.
So how did I get the idea for this novel? Two members of my critique group rented an office and that is where our group met. There were some strange sounds in the building. I had ideas of a story about the building and the things that were happening, and the group encouraged me to write it. Of course I couldn’t use the actual people in the group or the actual location, so I made up a group of women, and a setting. Twice a month I brought a new segment of what was happening in the fake critique group. Each time I made up bigger and bigger tales about the women in the group, creating what is now the tale of Don’t Kill the Opera. (The women have decided that they like the fake people just fine.)
Now I just need to get the word out. I am taking part in an author’s night this Friday, December 6th at the Lewis County Historical Museum from 4:00 – 7:00. The book is also available on Amazon. If you have read my other book, Crossing the Raging River, you may like this one too. If you like any of my works, please take time to go to Amazon and put in a review. Thank you all so much. I couldn’t do this without you, my loyal fans.
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