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Hi Barbara -- how nice to see you online! Your author series has been awesome! Wish I could have made it down for some of the events. Maybe soon. I hope your work is going well.
Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
"Crazy for You," included in Orange County Noir (Akashic), an anthology of short stories about the dark side of Orange County, April 2010
Pen on Fire: A Busy Woman's Guide to Igniting the Writer Within (Harcourt, 2004)
Contributor to Knitting Through It (Voyageur, 2008), edited by Lela Nargi
Contributor to The ASJA Guide to Freelance Writing (St. Martins)
Media outlets that I currently write for:
Editor, The ASJA Monthly; freelance: Los Angeles Times, Westways, Orange Coast Magazine
Hi Barbara -- how nice to see you online! Your author series has been awesome! Wish I could have made it down for some of the events. Maybe soon. I hope your work is going well.
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