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Meet Uncle Griz and Oscar

In the last episode, I introduced you to DEA Agent Sa-li Ma and his five-year-old daughter Maggie Rose. One of my loyal readers noted that Chinese names are generally last name first but not so with Ma. His family "Americanized" most of their names three decades...
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Back to Writing

Now that I have added "breast cancer survivor" to my bio, it's time to get back to writing. I've been doing the final edits on my current novel, Grandpa's Keys. I have to say, I'm loving what I wrote. Except when I had brain fog and wrote the same three chapters...
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Lessons Learned–And Broken

Almost any writer can tell you that the moment she comes out as a "writer," she will drown in a deluge of conflicting advice. Most of this is unwanted, or at least not requested. Some of the "advice" I received included "always write about what you know." I can tell...
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Introducing BETRAYAL

It took longer than I thought, but at last I can announce that my latest thriller, BETRAYAL, is days away from publication. It's nearly a year late, partly because of COVID (no, neither I nor my family have been ill), partly because of COVID malaise. I'd write and...
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