I’m C. Lee McKenzie. You can connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Substack--my handle is always cleemckenzie on social media. I hope you’ll visit me soon.

My first ghostly tale, Rattlesnake, came out in 2024, and Shattered (2023) was a finalist in the Indie Book Awards! Yay! Double Negative (2014) is listed as one of the top 10 books young adult contemporary/realistic books, and is a book that turned me into an advocate for literacy. Not Guilty (2019) takes on the theme of injustice. Sudden Secrets (2014) is my fourth young adult novel. I wrote Sliding on the Edge (2009) after reading a news article about "self-abuse" among Ivy League students. The Princess of Las Pulgas (2010) deals with a young girl who has everything and suddenly nothing.

I also write for middle-grade readers: The Adventures of Pete and Weasel. Book #1 Alligators Overhead, Book #2 The Great Time Lock Disaster, and Book #3 Some Very Messy Medieval Magic (2018). Sign of the Green Dragon is a stand-alone adventure/fantasy with five-star reviews to its credit, including one from the San Francisco Review of Books.

I'm a native Californian, and after living in different places around the world I landed back in my native state on the edge of a redwood forest. When I'm not writing or blogging I'm hiking or practicing yoga. Then there's that half-acre of garden that needs a lot of love.

If you like my books I'd love it if you'd tell me so. If you have some helpful criticism, I'd love that, too! I'm a writer and a reader, but first I'm a learner. Thanks for visiting today, and thanks for whenever you leave a review with your thoughts.

Wife, mother, grandmother, human being with a wicked imagination, Lisa McCourt Hollar writes short horror stories, as well as children's not-too-scary stories, and YA.

Renée's life unfolds against the untamed beauty of the Alaskan wilderness, a true explorer navigating extremes from the midnight sun to the Brooks Range. Venturing from the corporate world to writing, she transforms Alaska into a character in her mystery trilogy, weaving wonders, mysteries, and breathtaking landscapes into each page. Beyond literature, Renée's intriguing life includes a love for garage sale finds, traveling the entire US, hiking, and a career journey from accountant to instructor. With a strong bond to numbers and a dislike for phones, Renée's novels celebrate joy and storytelling, inviting readers on thrilling adventures through her imaginative mysteries.

Email: yolandarenee at hotmail dot com

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M. Pax is the author for those who love to escape this world. The weird beckons to her, and she blames Oregon. She has a herd of cats who were once lost and are no longer (in fact, they're quite spoiled) and works as a star guide at Pine Mountain Observatory in the summers. Places she explores and people she meets, past and present, inspire her stories. Come along for the ride.

Jeffrey Hollar was born in Lima Ohio and describes himself as an author/poet, father, husband, and a Klingon/Ferengi hybrid. He considers himself to be a writer without genre and a specialist in short fiction. Developing a love for reading in his early life, Jeff read anything and everything he could get his hands on. Jeffrey left his small-town roots for the U.S. Army and remained there for 14 years, traveling the world.

Jeffrey moved around quite a bit more before moving back to Lima where he met his wife and settled down. Jeffrey works by day and writes by night. He also has a love for cooking and enjoys practicing his culinary skills on his unsuspecting family.

Moira Katson writes Fantasy and Science Fiction novels. Born and raised in the farmland of the eastern United States, she is now a transplant living in the oft-frigid wastes of the midwest, where she is learning to love hot dish, fried food on a stick, ice fishing, and the hilarious faces her friends make when she tells them about winter temperatures. ...just kidding, she has no intentions to learn how to ice fish.

Despite the fact that she had been writing since childhood, Moira majored in nice, sensible subjects in college and went on to have a nice, sensible job, all the while continuing to write about dragons, courts, and spaceships. She has since bowed to the inevitable and begun releasing her work into the world! Her first book was released in 2012, and her current projects include Rise of Aiqasal and several projects under pen name Natalie Grey!

To find out more about Moira and her upcoming works, visit her website, http://moirakatson.com, or find her on Facebook or twitter, @moirakatson! If you are a SciFi fan, she recommends that you try out The Dragon Corps (under pen name Natalie Grey) or Crucible, the first book in the Novum Trilogy. For fantasy fans, she recommends Shadowborn (the first book in the Light & Shadow series) or Bound Sorcery, the first book in her Shadows of Magic series under pen name Natalie Grey.

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An incurable ink and paper addict, Ruth Long enjoys adventure stories, vintage cars, and southern rock - and zealously believes in the power of creative community.

Nick's life really has been stranger than fiction. He has travelled and worked in Africa, South America and all across Europe. His jobs have included digging ditches, reconstructing ancient monuments, protecting politicians and criminals, and the writer's standard of pumping gas. After gravitating to London, for many years his life included a mix of firearms, fast cars and fistfights. Now settled in rural Northamptonshire, he lives with his decidedly strange dog. Many of his eclectic publishing credits can be found on Amazon or via his intermittently populated writer's blog, 'Tales from a Tightrope'. He is definitely not working on a novel.

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Author. Screenwriter. Ambassador of ARTistry.

Biochemist by degree―creative and comical by design―Sam creates compelling artistic visions under the steady influence of locally roasted coffee, including speculative fiction novels & charity anthologies, film/television/streaming media scripts, video game storyboards, short films, and international music collaborations. Creative. Dreamer. Rebel. Activist. Philanthropist. Mentor. Parent. Smartass.

Swing by her website to read exclusive excerpts from the upcoming YA historical fantasy novel series, Architects of Illusion, inspired by her backyard neighbors,

Biltmore Estate.

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A fan of all things fantastical and frightening, Shannon Lawrence writes in her dungeon when her minions will allow, often accompanied by her familiar, Cleo. She writes primarily horror, fantasy, and mystery, but dabbles all over. Her stories can be found in anthologies and magazines, as well as in her short story collections. In addition, her nonfiction book "The Business of Short Stories" is now available, and her debut novel, "Myth Stalker: Wendigo Nights," releases March 2024. She's the co-host of a true crime podcast: Mysteries, Monsters, & Mayhem. When she's not writing, she's hiking through the wilds of Colorado and photographing her magnificent surroundings.

Though she's lived in Colorado for most of her life, she moved around a bit before settling there, previously living in Maryland, Oregon, and California, where she was born. She often misses the ocean, but the majestic and rugged Rockies are a sight she could never part with. Besides, in Colorado there's always a place to hide a body or birth a monster. What more could she ask for?

After more than a decade in sales/marketing/training, I retired from my corporate career at 33 to focus on family, and am now living my dream as a writer and editor.

With six blogs of my own and published contributions across the web (The Huffington Post, PTPA) I write to collect smiles and donate to charities. I share stories about all the things I enjoy in life; parenting, mindful living, conversations, coffee, books, food, music, health, DIY, travel, photography and showing my diabetes who’s boss.

My biggest challenge is saying "no" to coffee.

I choke a little each time I hear the siren of an ambulance and say a prayer.

Seeing a child suffer fills me with frustration and if I were granted one wish, I would ask for a magic wand to wipe out hunger and poverty and make the world a happy place where people love one another.