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Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman

Busy week!

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I’ve been writing up a storm!

I sent book four in my Cursed Chicks Club series to my story editor this week. This is my wackiest series and I have so much fun writing the magic and mayhem!

I’ll be putting it up for preorder soon. The cover is soooo great. I’ll be sharing that too. It features a dragon and an eggbeater. (Have I mentioned this is my wackiest series? lol)

Meanwhile I’m gearing up for the release of Something Old, Something New the next story in the Psychic Consignment Mysteries.

Available for preorder

AND….I’m plotting Hitwoman 27!!!

New release and progress!

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Can you believe that 2021 is already a third over?!?!

I don’t know about you, but my mental To Do list tends to carry a lot more weight than my Ta-Dah! list. It’s easy to forget about what I’ve accomplished when I’m busy worrying about all that is left to be done.

Yesterday, while I was doing my monthly wrap-up/planning session I realized I’ve done more than I’d really realized this year.

Friday I published The Hitwoman and the Teddy Bear, my second release of the year,

following The Hitwoman Owes a Favor

I’ve also written my June release, Something Old, Something New (the next in the Psychic Consignment Mysteries).

And I’ve been working on Cursed Chicks 4! (Not to mention the six part short story Cursed Chicks Club I provided for my newsletter subscribers.)

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I’ve got big plans for the rest of the year too. I’m a busy bee!

Less than a week until Teddy!

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The Hitwoman and the Teddy Bear is almost here.

I can’t wait for you to read Maggie’s latest adventure.

Maggie Lee has done some really questionable things, but she’s never stooped so low as to steal a child’s toy. There’s a first time for everything.

Maggie’s life is always complicated, but her tenuous balancing act becomes even more dangerous when she’s given the job of stealing a teddy bear from the grandson of the mobster Delveccio.

As she struggles to keep the different facets of her life separate, her family faces multiple threats to their safety, and there’s a very real chance she won’t be able to protect everyone she loves.

Her best chance at success depends on the help of her pets…and you can bet they all have something to say about that.

Make sure to preorder your copy right away.

The Hitwoman and the Teddy Bear

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I’m gearing up for the release of The Hitwoman and the Teddy Bear on April 30th. Can you believe this is book 26 in the Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman series?!?!

Have you preordered your copy yet?

Maggie Lee has done some really questionable things, but she’s never stooped so low as to steal a child’s toy.

There’s a first time for everything.

Of course, there’s a good reason for what she’s doing, but you already guessed that.

Just like you know things won’t go smoothly for Maggie and the menagerie.

(And yes, God will have something to say about that.)

Plus, I’m getting closer to finishing Something Old, Something New, book four in the Psychic Consignment Mystery series.

And I MAY have started Cursed Chicks Club 4.

My work life is almost as crazy as Maggie’s, lol.

The Hitwoman Owes a Favor

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The latest in the Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman series is out.

I must admit that I did a happy dance when an Amazon reader said about The Hitwoman Owes a Favor: “#25 in the series is as exciting and funny as the 24 that preceded it.”

Maggie Lee may be an inept hitwoman, but she pays her debts.

When Maggie told her friend Mia that she’d help her out of any mess she found herself in, she meant it. Of course they’d both been fifteen at the time.

Maggie hasn’t seen Mia in forever, until she suddenly shows up, intent on holding Maggie to her promise. Mia’s husband has disappeared, taking their money with him and she desperately needs it. 

While Maggie has other things to worry about, namely protecting her father from whoever is trying to kill him, Mia makes it impossible for her to not reciprocate the favor. 

Bound by a pinky swear, Maggie tracks down Mia’s soon-to-be-ex but doing so puts her at odds with the guys who have her back: Patrick, Zeke and Gino.

If Maggie’s not careful, her long-ago promise could have deadly consequences…especially since her psychic friend has predicted she’s going to die.

New Release this Week!

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The Hitwoman Owes a Favor will be released on Friday.

Part of me can’t believe this is the 25th story of Maggie and the gang.

And ALL of me can’t believe that the first book in the series CONFESSIONS OF A SLIGHTLY NEUROTIC HITWOMAN was published over nine years ago.

Time flies when you’re having fun I guess!

Don’t forget to preorder your copy of The Hitwoman Owes a Favor. Once again Maggie’s sense of duty to family and friends is getting her into A LOT of trouble

Maggie Lee may be an inept hitwoman, but she pays her debts.

When Maggie told her friend Mia that she’d help her out of any mess she found herself in, she meant it. Of course they’d both been fifteen at the time.

Maggie hasn’t seen Mia in forever, until she suddenly shows up, intent on holding Maggie to her promise. Mia’s husband has disappeared, taking their money with him and she desperately needs it. 

While Maggie has other things to worry about, namely protecting her father from whoever is trying to kill him, Mia makes it impossible for her to not reciprocate the favor. 

Bound by a pinky swear, Maggie tracks down Mia’s soon-to-be-ex but doing so puts her at odds with the guys who have her back: Patrick, Zeke and Gino.

If Maggie’s not careful, her long-ago promise could have deadly consequences…especially since her psychic friend has predicted she’s going to die.

A week in this writer’s life…Tuesday

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Worked through the rest of the story edits for The Hitwoman Owes a Favor. This was the third pass. I start with fixing the easy things, then the progressively more involved/difficult ones as I work through the manuscript each time. I think Favor needs one or two more passes.

Worked with cover artist to choose the images for the next two Hitwoman series (books 26 and 27).  This is a different artist than the one I worked with yesterday because the covers are for unrelated projects. Eager to see how they turn out.

Wrote my daily word count goal of my secret project.

Did horrible, soul-crushing Admin work. (rewarded myself with a walk and a promise to myself I could take a picture of the moon later)

It’s important to reward yourself! Here’s tonight’s moon shot!

Ooooh! Yay! Received the first look of the new Psychic Consignment Mystery cover. (more about that book soon!)  And just so you know, this is from a third artist, lol.

Inspired by the cover, I worked on the short version of the blurb for PCM4. 

Then, because I was in blurb-mood, I rewrote the one for Hitwoman 26.

And because I was on a blurb roll, I wrote one for the secret project

Then I contacted the cover artist for the secret project (same one as yesterday) with the specifications of the job she’s doing for me next week.

(Sometimes things just snowball, lol.)

Received the Hitwoman 26 cover. Still needs a little work so another email sent.

Hit my word count goal for Hitwoman 26. Yay!

Sketched out what to write tomorrow.

Tomorrow’s To Do list.

Blogged.

Best laid plans — Day 6 of 100 Days of Effort

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Anyone else start off with the best of intentions and then face-plant?

Do not adjust your screens, I failed to report in on days 4 and 5 of my effort. I’m still fighting a funk that’s made writing a challenge to say the least. I haven’t even looked at my word count for fear it will depress me.

But, I did take some cool photographs. (Yes, I know, nothing to do with writing but still a creative outlet.)

The moon at sunset
The moon 90 minutes after sunset
And I finally got a decent picture of the local blue heron

While I didn’t get much writing done, I DID complete the copy edits for 3 Times a Charm

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Family Reunions Can Be Magic…Or Murder

Ravena Valentina used to hate magic.

Not anymore. Now she uses it to protect Richie, a boy coming into his own magical powers. 

She does still hate the curse binding her to the spirit of her witchy former mother-in-law. Ravena’s searching for the perfect love song to break that, while navigating her complicated relationship with the hot magician, Sol.

But Richie’s enemies are relentless. 

Even with the help of a loyal wizard’s assistant, a sexy dragon, a wise Element and a talking goldfish, protecting the kid can be deadly. 

And things only get worse when his long-lost father shows up.