No Goat Farm: Christine Norris hits emotional bottom after two young cousins are removed from her care due to her ‘lesbian lifestyle.’ She descends into self-destruction, but a wise older neighbor and the neighbor’s adult son Seth inspire Chris to become a teacher and later, guardian to the developmentally delayed Seth. Chris falls in love with Delilah and finds her voice as a wife, a teacher, and advocate for children in need of a loving home. Set in rural East Texas, Chris and firebrand Delilah overcome violence, racism, and homophobia to create their own diverse, loving family. Release Date: November 9, 2020
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LESLIE BUDEWITZ: I’m delighted to report that The Solace of Bay Leaves, the 5th Spice Shop mystery, is now out in all formats — paperback, ebook, and audio. Pepper Reece never expected to find her life’s passion in running the Seattle Spice Shop. But when evidence links a friend’s shooting to an unsolved murder, her own regrets surface. Can she uncover the truth and protect those she loves, before the deadly danger boils over?
Library Journal, in a starred review, calls Pepper “a mature and introspective sleuth” and Solace a “complex, well-developed mystery.”
I’ll be joining mystery and cookbook club members at the Bozeman Public Library for a chat about the Spice Shop series on Mon, Nov 16 at 7 pm. And my newsletter subscribers will get the first peek at the cover for my suspense debut, coming in April 2021, on November 15. Sign up on my website. (Subscribers also get a free download for a Food Lovers’ Village short story.)
Wishing you all the solace of a good book.
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A HAPPY THANKSGIVING GREETING FROM A COUPLE WILD TURKEYS AND AUTHORS OF THE FLATHEAD
JOIN NOVEMBER ZOOM MEETINGS FOR AUTHORS
Thursdays at 7 pm – Zoom invitations at www.authorsoftheflathead.org
Come and bring your friends
Nov. 5 Character Arcs: Character Evolution=Reader engagement – Kathy Dunnehoff
November 12 Interviewing for Authors Join true crime author Betty Kuffel, MD, and experienced podcaster Barbara Schiffman. They will discuss being interviewed, interviewing others, podcasting, and Dr. Kuffel’s experiences interviewing investigators, victims, and an imprisoned pedophile suspected of cannibalism.
November 19 – Open Reading – Fran Tabor – Share your writing samples and get feedback from other authors. Check schedule for manuscript guidelines.
November 26 and December 24 – Holiday break from Meet Up Montana Screenwriting but there is a Holiday Movie Challenge with a prize for winner, deadline 1/21/21
Get Movie Challenge details to participate during November and December and for the 2021 schedule at: https://www.meetup.com/MTScreenwriting/
Montana Women Writers and A of F members are encouraged to join in viewing movies and practicing writing log lines and brief synopses for each. Plan to write one for a film you enjoy. It will help you pay attention to the film’s story with a writer’s eye and ear. This is great practice for novelists and non-fiction writers.
Dec. 3 – TBA check schedule on website – Kathy Dunnehoff
Dec. 10 – The Charms and Challenges of Audiobooks Eve Passeltiner, NY actress and audiobook narrator will join Susan Purvis, world explorer, author and narrator of her best-selling book Go Find.
Dec. 17 – Open Reading – Fran Tabor – Share your writing samples. Online Critique. This is a great way to get feedback from other authors. Check schedule for manuscript guidelines.
Dec. 24 – Merry Christmas – Holiday break from Montana Screenwriting
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A Deal to Die For debut novel released in October by Suzie Sarkozy, (AKA Sue Toppen). Sue is a member of our group who moved from Polson to AZ, but returns often.
Review of A Deal to Die For: Former librarian, Alberta (Birdie) Alton returns to Arizona from Nebraska in search of finding some stability in her miserable life. She takes a job as the only female car salesperson in the AutoMall, an establishment overflowing with colorful, and, it turns out, a few dangerous characters. Armed with a sharp wit, a wise guy attitude, and a determination to outlast her male counterparts in the cut throat car business, Birdie finds herself embroiled in a high-stakes treacherous endgame after a major adversary at the dealership is found murdered with a weapon having her fingerprints all over it.
In her debut novel, Suzie Sarkozy expertly captures the inner workings of an automobile dealership through the eyes of a delightful heroine, Birdie Alton, the only female car salesperson in the Automall. The well-drawn, colorful characters entertain the reader through the author’s keen sense of humor as Birdie finds herself caught up in the drama of the cut-throat automobile business. The murder of a male adversary at the dealership tests her fortitude and ingenuity and quickly moves the book from a fascinating and humorous study of a female trying to survive in a man’s world to a page turner you won’t be able to put down. Highly recommended! – DUKE SOUTHARD, award-winning author of The Fallacy of Closure and the Detective Parker Havenot series
Available on Amazon
To all Montana Women Writers: I have prepared a detailed list author members of Authors of the Flathead who have published books. The list will be a static place on our website where your book might be noticed and broaden your readership. Montana Women Writers has no dues, but if you wish to become a member of Authors of the Flathead and have your work posted, dues remains at $25 per year and runs January to January.
If you would like to join and have your books included you can pay the fee online in January. If you have a book and do not appear on the list, please let me know. The author’s name, genre and books/series are noted. If your book is not available on Amazon, let me know.
Submitted by Betty Kuffel, Pres. Authors of the Flathead
al Period, to tell of the author’s seventh great-grandfather, blacksmith and indentured servant, James Fitchett. James stands up for his convictions and influences early education on Staten Island, New York. While Thomas Gordon, an attorney representing his brother, one of the twenty-four Scottish investors, known as proprietors, strives for an honest government in the new colonial province of New Jersey. Their wives build a bond of friendship as they experience their new worlds where not all settlers share the same hopes and beliefs.
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