Murder, mines, and missing millions—retirement just got interesting.When a shady real estate developer is found murdered beneath Harriet Keaton’s family home—shot, stabbed, and surrounded by rare 1830s gold coins—her estranged twin brother Joey is the prime suspect. He insists he’s innocent...but won’t name the real culprit.With Joey refusing to talk and millions missing from the retirement accounts, the future of the Independence Retirement Commun...

These inspirational and practical quotes come from 500+ podcast interviews with hard-working, award-winning, and New York Times bestselling authors in more than 33 U.S. states and five countries. In Book 2, authors share their honest reflections on Learning to Write. These quotes reveal that there are many paths to learning how to write.Authors quoted include David Baldacci, Therese Anne Fowler, Steve Berry, Lisa Jewell, John Hart, Sophie Cousens, ...

These inspirational and practical quotes come from 500+ podcast interviews with hard-working, award-winning, and New York Times bestselling authors in more than 33 U.S. states and five countries.In Book 8, authors share their honest reflections on Publishing and Book Marketing.Decisions. Decisions. It's nice to have options. But it's also nice to know how the world of publishing works, because there are pros and cons to traditional and indi...

Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Winner, 2022The Thursday Murder Club meets Southern charm in this mystery/thriller when three retirees at the Independence Retirement Community team up to solve two mysteries related to the death of a 96-year-old resident. Why was his manuscript about the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence missing when they found his body? And why did his handwritten will disinherit his beloved granddaughter (his only hei...

These inspirational and practical quotes come from 500+ podcast interviews with hard-working, award-winning, and New York Times bestselling authors in more than 33 U.S. states and five countries.In Book 3, authors share their honest reflections on Writing Process & Tools.These quotes reveal answers to some of the most commonly asked questions of writers. Authors quoted include David Baldacci, Therese Anne Fowler, Steve Berry, Lisa Jewell, J...

These inspirational and practical quotes come from 500+ podcast interviews with hard-working, award-winning, and New York Times bestselling authors in more than 33 U.S. states and five countries.In Book 7, authors share their honest reflections on The Emotional Writing Journey.These quotes are evidence that whatever emotions you experience as a writer, you are in good company. Authors quoted include David Baldacci, Steve Berry, Lisa Jewell,...

These inspirational and practical quotes come from 500+ podcast interviews with hard-working, award-winning, and New York Times bestselling authors in more than 33 U.S. states and five countries.In Book 5, authors share their honest reflections on Writing Techniques & Characters.These quotes reveal how writers tackle the fiction techniques of the hook, emotion, theme, conflict, humor, plot, setting, and structure, and how they approach memo...

These inspirational and practical quotes come from 500+ podcast interviews with hard-working, award-winning, and New York Times bestselling authors in more than 33 U.S. states and five countries.In Book 4, authors share their honest reflections on Storytelling, Inspiration, & Research.These quotes reveal how writers tell stories, what inspires them, and how and why research is important to their processes.Authors quoted include Davi...

These inspirational and practical quotes come from 500+ podcast interviews with hard-working, award-winning, and New York Times bestselling authors in more than 33 U.S. states and five countries.In Book 6, authors share their honest reflections on Writing Community, Revision, & Editors.These quotes reveal why writing communities are so important and how writers can get engaged, along with tips for revision and working with editors.A...

Christmas is on trial and time is running out. Attorney Thad Raker represents an eccentric client living in a house with a Christmas secret. When the county goes to court to take the client's property, Raker must battle conspiring adversaries, a cantankerous judge and his own personal feelings and doubts. If he loses the case, Christmas won't come for hundreds of thousands of children. Can Raker save Christmas, and in the process, save himself?

Winner of the 2018 Holiday category of the National Indie Excellence Awards and Honorable Mention in the 2018 Holiday category in the Readers' Favorite Awards, this book completes the Christmas Courtroom Trilogy, revealing secrets about the North Pole kept from attorney Thad Raker, a man who, for reasons made clear in the first two books, now believes in Santa Claus.When Raker is hired to defend the toy company that made the most popular Christmas present in 50 years—the Reindeer H...

Defendant Henry Edmonds, a homeless man who believes he works for Santa Claus, is on trial for stealing a flash drive which holds the key to Christmas but which is zipped tight in an evidence bag. Several people want Edmonds in jail, including a man who says he works for an international toy company. Witness by witness the facts come out but who is to be believed and are there any True Believers?As the courtroom clock ticks down on Christmas Eve, it becomes clear that the fates of ...