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If you follow my Instagram account you know I write clean fiction. I’m excited to share stories without content that may make some readers uncomfortable. When you pick up a…Read More

I have completed the first draft of a 105k word manuscript. It will go through several revisions before it will be ready for publishing. It took me 3,196,800 seconds to…Read More

If you see some strange happenings on the site over the next few days, that is because it is undergoing a makeover. Please, excuse the mess.

Have you ever picked up a book to read only to find a few pages in that the character dialogue is full of profanity or there is a high degree of sexualized content? If that kind of book doesn’t appeal to you, where do you look for find a “clean” book? Most people will immediately think of Inspirational or Christian Fiction, but that isn’t the only option out there.

Are There Clean Books That Aren’t Inspirational?

I can assure you that there are books out there that won’t make you compromise v...

Lost Lives (Emily Swanson Book 1) is a Crime, Thriller novel.

As a clean read: Mild violence. Little profanity and no sexual content.

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Lost Lives is about Emily, a young woman who moves into an apartment and begins to learn about its previous inhabitants. After finding belongings that were left behind, she begins to border on obsessed in trying to find out what happened to the woman who lived there before.

Emily is...

For years, I believed I was an extrovert. Once I became a writer, I learned that this wasn’t true. I am an introvert writer.

Why Did I Think I Was an Extrovert?

Growing up, I believed I was an extrovert. As a small child, I was singing on stage, performing in front of crowds. It was thrilling to be up there and entertain people. When you begin a life on stage at six years old and it is something you did most weekends with practices during the week, your true introvert self doesn’t get a chanc...

Stone of Fire is an Action Adventure, Thriller novel.

As a clean read: Some violence. Some profanity and minimal sexual content.

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This novel by JF Penn begins with a gripping first chapter. I wanted to know what was going to happen next after the terrible first scene. It was a horrible way for someone to die and I wanted the bad guy caught… but who was it?

The novel is the first book in the Arkane series. I admit that I haven’t read the full series, b...

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Everyone’s career as a starting point. No one starts out in the place they want to be. It takes time. It takes energy and it takes patience.

My journey into writing started years ago when I was a child. I have always loved telling stories. I’d tell stories to stuffed animals, my siblings and even my parents. My mind was constantly creating worlds and characters. To my delight, my parents put me into theatre which allowed me to transform into other writers’ characters. That didn’t, however, s...

Spitfire is a Romance, Mystery novel.

As a clean read: Pretty clean. Little profanity and sexual content.

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I received a copy of Spitfire from LibraryThing as part of a giveaway. After reading the book’s blurb, I was interested in receiving a copy and seeing what this story was about. The cover also made it look interesting.

From the description, I had expected a story focused on whodunit, with the characters being dedicated to the pursuit of figuring out who killed King A...

Over the years, I have heard from many parents who have put their dreams on hold because they have kids. Depending on the dream, this may be something that needs to happen, but with writing a book, you can write when you have kids.

I felt it was time to write a few words of inspiration. Often, I am asked how I manage to “do everything” when I am “so busy”. I have heard these comments time and time again. At one point, the comments were so frequent that I began to believe that I shouldn’t hav...