Kim's Musings

Why do I feel the urgency to get all the stories in my head written? I have no clear clue, but all of a sudden I feel this determination. Could it be my age? I am older. Or is it something else that has me excited to write again. Yes, that too. The Journey I’m over 50, closing in on 60. OMG!!! Where did the time go? I’m sure age has a lot to do with it. Laid off from my day job, I started back to college at 50. Some of you may have read about that in my post: College After 50 . School is more time consuming than work. Who would’ve thought it? You see, unlike a job, when you go to class, the work doesn’t end there. When you get home, you still have more work to do and deadlines that have to be met. That’s similar to writing. Lay-off and College After the lay-off, I thought, Oh I’m going to be able to write more . Well, that didn’t happen. I think I wrote one novella, Get Out or Die and started another one, The Wedding Crasher . So, needless to say, writing took a back...

Loose Ends  is the first book in Terri Reid's A Mary O'Reilly Paranormal Mystery  series. This was a fun read. It has many great elements including funny and spooky. I purchased Loose Ends  after reading an article Terri Reid wrote in Ditch The Publisher: 40 Indie Authors on Their Unique Self Publishing Journey , edited by Haley Sherman. I was very impressed with her article and her success in self-publishing and this series sounded like something I would love to read. Mary O'Reilly, the main character, was an ex-Chicago cop who had a near death experience after being shot on the job, and ever since has been able to see and talk to ghost. At times, she also has visions about their death and is stuck in that time for a while which proves to be a bit dangerous since landscapes are bound to change over time. Ghosts are actually drawn to her because of her ability. She does her best to help them move on. Ghosts can't pay for her private investigator services. That...