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THE LAUGHING DEAD Cover Reveal

Hello to you! I'm writing to you from sunny Costa Rica, where I'm searching for ways to help myself and the communities I care about to feel connected and supported in these challenging times.

I've got some ideas, including time blocking my social media, time blocking my news and seeking out non-profit sources for the in-depth info (1440 Daily Digest and the AP are working for me), and speaking out for the vulnerable as well as expanding my volunteer work beyond the Humane Society.

Also, I intend to keep writing books about girls and women who have the whole system stacked against them yet find their way to freedom and power. They do this by refusing to carry other people's secrets or shame, by connecting with their intuition and strength (the strength the world tries to convince them they don't have), and by seeking out the good people around them, because none of us do the hard stuff alone.

The Laughing Dead, the third in the Edgar-nominated Steinbeck and Reed series, is one of those books. I hope you'll preorder it now.

p.s. Head on over to Lourey's Literati, my reader group on Facebook, to see the cover that wasn't chosen. :)

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