Jencey's Writer's Corner

  Clutch  is the laugh-out-loud, chick lit romance chronicling the dating misadventures of Caroline Johnson, a single purse designer who compares her unsuccessful romantic relationships to styles of handbags – the “Hobo” starving artist, the “Diaper Bag” single dad, the “Briefcase” intense businessman, etc.  With her best friend, bar owner Mike by her side, the overly-accommodating Caroline drinks a lot of Chardonnay, puts her heart on the line, endures her share of unworthy suitors and finds the courage to discover the “Clutch” or someone she wants to hold onto.  Here are what reviewers are saying about Clutch ! “LOVED. The perfect blend of sassy, smart and stylish!” Amazon Bestsellers Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke  “This book is absolutely hilarious!” Pretty Little Book Reviews  “I thought the comparison to men and handbags was so genius! Becker   really knows how to write to her audience, and this clever novel had me gig...

Welcome to the Audiobook month on Writer's Corner.  Thank you to Audibles for providing this giveaway to celebrate.  Natalie S.  Harnett  is sharing her recent debut release On Hollow Ground.  This  novel covers the mine fires in Pennsylvania in the 1960s.  It is narrated by Luci Christian who provides a wonderful voice to this narrative.  Synopsis:  "We walk on fire or air, so Daddy liked to say. Basement floors too hot to touch. Steaming green lawns in the dead of winter. Sinkholes, quick and sudden, plunging open at your feet." The underground mine fires ravaging Pennsylvania coal country have forced 11-year-old Brigid Howley and her family to seek refuge with her estranged grandparents, the formidable Gram and the black lung-stricken Gramp. Tragedy is no stranger to the Howleys, a proud Irish-American clan who takes strange pleasure in the "curse" laid upon them generations earlier by a priest who ran afoul of the Molly Ma...