Writing: The Pleasure & the Bane I

One day, and I have no distinct memory of when or where this happened, I decided I was going to be a writer. I had already gained a reputation in my family for “making up stories.” One of those “stories’ was actually true — there are foxes in Golden Gate Park (and coyotes by now). […]

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Read an Ebook Week Promotion

Eres Books has enrolled my novels in the Read an eBook Week from Sunday, March 3, 2013.  The first two stories of the Nights Before series and Salsa Dancing with Pterodactyls, Part I are on offer. Also Following the Troops, Life for an Army Wife 1941-1945 is included. Just search for the book’s page and the discount code will […]

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Nights Before: New Serial

I’m beginning my new serial with ‘Twas the Night Before New Year, inspired by the children’s poem by Clement C. Moore and a personal experience. As you may know, the legend is that Clement Clarke Moore wrote A Visit from St. Nicholas on Christmas Eve, 1822 on a sleigh ride home from Greenwich Village. His inspiration […]

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Wait a Lonely Lifetime – Paperback

Wait a Lonely Lifetime is now available in paperback from Montlake.  You can take a peek inside and read the first review. If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area in October, save this date: 

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Wait a Lonely Lifetime: To Readers

Now that Wait a Lonely Lifetime has reached its 90th day on the market and is now in the hands of Amazon Publishing, I want to thank all of the readers who have contacted me since the book’s release in April. I have received wonderful comments and support from so many, I’m overwhelmed and sincerely appreciate […]

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A Short Break from Murder

Sandra Carey Cody has decided to take a short break from murder and has written a short romance – More Than Words Can Say. This story is available on Kindle and will be free tomorrow and through the weekend. I’ve started reading already. If I hadn’t stopped to post this blog, I wouldn’t have put […]

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Debut Suspense Release by J L Salter

When Beth left suddenly, it broke two hearts … but she’d had no choice. Shane, a rugged, ex-Airborne biker, handled it badly … but so had she. Three years later and 2000 miles away, she desperately needs her ex-lover’s protection from a violent menace with ‘bad history’ who’ll do anything to reclaim a mysterious suitcase […]

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My USAToday Interview

Joyce Lamb, of True Vision fame and a RITA finalist, is interviewing me on her USAToday HEA blog tomorrow, May 24 2012. Stop by, leave a comment, ask a question. We will be talking about Wait a Lonely Lifetime and a few other novels I’m working on.

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Wait a Lonely Lifetime: Excerpt from Chapter One

Sylviana met her friend’s steadfast stare for a long, dry moment. “So, you think he’s dead.” “Sylvi, it’s been fifteen years. That’s what happens to lots of soldiers.” Sylviana looked over the balcony of the restaurant onto Ghirardelli Square . “How did you know? I mean, how did you find out what happened, what Eric […]

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Wait a Lonely Lifetime: Second Chance to Read an Excerpt

As part of my Virtual Launch of Wait a Lonely Lifetime published by Avalon Books and now available on several online bookshops, Sandra Carey Cody posted an excerpt from the first chapter of the novel on her website: SandraCareyCody. Use the following link and click on the Guest Excerpt tab. Sandra Carey Cody is one of […]

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