When Nina's boss is murdered while she's on the way to bring him $10K from a guy she met in a bar, she finds herself in the midst of a murder investigation. Being an office temp between shows doesn't clear her from suspicion. It doesn't help that her boyfriend, Jake, tried to roll her for the money right outside the bar, and now she's looking over her shoulder for him, too. Between the sexy detective on the case and the hot med student in the apartment next door, can Nina uncover old secre...

Kick-start your creativity with short stories, found inspirations, sensory detail, and rituals. Includes updated versions of 5 in 10, Sensory Perceptions, Writing Rituals, the Infamous Tip Sheets, and more. Some days we feel about as creative as wilted lettuce. When that's the case, turn to Creative Stimulus and work your way through the various exercises. The shorter form of the exercise will help boost your creativity in long work and refresh your creative experience. Learn to go deeper ...

A snowstorm cuts off a small New England diner, stranding the eclectic group of patrons and their pets on Christmas Eve, serenaded by a local radio host. Callie, the diner's owner, is determined to make it a warm and unforgettable holiday, even as some darker shadows threaten to challenge their safety.

Nina's back, in a collection of two novelettes and a novella, built around the holidays."Too Much Mistletoe" – When a college friend vanishes, Nina and her former roommates work to put together the pieces. Did her married lover kill her to protect himself? Or did she flee with the work she did for which he plans to take credit? A date set up by one roommate with a handsome, interesting guy starts off promising, until he admits he has a girlfriend. And then there's Zack, the guy she...

This Topic Workbook, based on Devon Ellington's popular seminar, takes the writer step-by-step through creating and maintaining an organized submission system. Too many writers miss opportunities because it takes too long to pull together all the parts! Don't be one of them! Learn how to efficiently create submission logs, query letter templates, bio paragraphs, clip files, resumes, portfolios, media kits, and more for a more organized, more productive writing life. Updated to include more...

Nina's thrilled to be working on an off-Broadway show without a day job as an office temp. In between boyfriends, she's a little jealous of Zack's busy love life, although she still pines for med student Matt, and now the sexy firefighter Sebastian who lives across the street. When an actor disappears, and then a critic is murdered and left in Nina's theatre, staying ahead of the police on the case means staying ahead of the killer, necessary to save her own life.

When a man is hanged from the oak tree in a Redcoat uniform at an historic house just before the Independence Day program, Glenda is determined to both solve the murder and protect the newly-opened museum. What she finds is much darker — and more personal — than she bargained.

When Riker Cain walks into Linn Shek's bar, he kills the man sent to assassinate Linn by an old enemy. At that moment, Linn knows her past as Eidolinn Sheekagh, the Annym Roosteyr (dispatcher of souls), has come back to haunt her and the team that dissolved to protect each other fifteen years ago after a mission went wrong.. A team that is now all dead, except for her. And Riker has a connection to that past mission. . .A science fiction horror western novelette.Content War...

Witchcraft, politics, and theatre collide as Morag D’Anneville and Secret Service agent Simon Keane fight to protect the Vice President of the United States -- or is it Morag who needs Simon’s protection more than the VP?Witch and theatre professional Morag D’Anneville is annoyed when she’s assigned to dress the conservative Vice President as he makes a surprise appearance in his favorite Broadway show. Even more irritating, she has to teach Agent Simon Keane, part of the security ...

Unfinished projects drain creative energy. This Topic Workbook, based on Devon Ellington's popular workshop, takes you step-by-step through each unfinished project to decide if it's worth reviving, putting in stasis, or laying to rest, once and for all. Complete strong work, solve problems that got you stuck in the first place to turn it into something workable, and let go of projects that have outlived their purpose. Learn how to work revived projects into the schedule, and how to revisit...

Archaeologist Dr. Gwen Finnegan is on the hunt for her lover’s killer. Historical researcher Justin Yates bumps into her, literally, on the steps of the New York Public Library, and comes to her aid when she’s attacked, sparking an attraction between them in spite of their age difference. After avoiding a cadre of pursuers at the Met Museum, Gwen impulsively invites Justin to hop a plane with her to the UK. The shy historian, frustrated with his failing relationship, jumps at the chance to...

Stuck in NYC when plans for their next expedition fall through, Gwen and Justin accept teaching jobs at different local universities. Adjusting to their relationship, and juggling the academic and emotional demands of their students, they are embroiled in two different, disturbing, paranormal situations that have more than one unusual crossing point. Can they work together to find the answers? Or are new temptations too much to resist? For whom are they willing to put their lives on the li...