Emerging writer (thank you for the gracious term, Louise Penny) Karyne Corum came up with a great idea for a blog called Jersey Wise Fiction.

I met Karyne though another writing favorite, author and editor of Oak Tree Press, Sunny Frazier. Thanks, Sunny!

The website name is kind of a poke at the Sopranos image many people have of NJ while also being a tribute to the wisdom concentrated in a state that is within breathing distance of a great city, a not too distant shore, a pine wilderness, and horse country that dates back two hundred + years.

MWA great Chris Grabestein kicked off the blog there, and today I get to guest. If you leave a comment, you’ll be entered into a giveaway for a free download of one of my short stories.

Some of you have bolstered me by writing at the exact moment my writer’s spirits weren’t just flagging but felt stepped on and trampled in mud, and asked to read my work. With thanks to you I went and posted some!