
Standing Stones took second place for historical fiction in the 2010 Pacific Northwest Writers Association writing contest. PNWA judges called Standing Stones ". . . a very promising work, with appeal to a broad audience, peppered with a variety of characters the reader can identify with sympathetically or instantly distrust.”
Available on Amazon in Kindle, Paperback, and Audiobook formats.
Listen to the just released AUDIOBOOK sample for Standing Stones narrated by voice actor Darryl Kurylo.
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Deidre, befriended by Lady Jane Franklin, the wife of the famous explorer and Lieutenant Governor John Franklin, finds work at Cascades Female Factory. Deidre is determined to help Mac, but at what cost? Both face challenges beyond their wildest expectations and fears in this rough and tumble penal colony.
A Quarter Finalist in Amazon's 2014 Breakthrough Novel Award competition, Years of Stone continues the story of the McDonnell's begun in Standing Stones, bringing to vivid life the tumult of 19th Century Van Diemen’s Land in a clash of cultures, politics, and personal courage.
Available on Amazon and CreateSpace.

Amazon reviewers have commented: "Characters immediately sympathetic," "These stories and poems tug at the heart of the reader" with stories drawn from the "impoverished and steamy coast of Mexico to the cold to the unforgiving seas of the Arctic to the lyrical Scottish seaside. Even freshwater mermaids get the treatment" . . . "For mermaid lovers, it's a must for your shelf."
Available on Amazon, Smashwords, CreateSpace.
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Other Publications:
- Flash: "Fire Sisters." Fiction365.
- Short Story: "The Namesake Quilt" The Country Register (March/April 2012), p. 6.
- Short Story: "Rusalka." Fickle Muses.
- Poems: "The Oracle," "Earth's Hair," "I Come From." Camroc Press Review.
- Poetry Chapbook: Mermaid Reflections.
- Travel Memoir: South American Journey.
- Textbook: Effective Workplace Writing (Houghton Mifflin/Career Education 1996).
- "What ImpelsYou To Write" (April 2013, Guest post at ROW80 blog)
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