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December, 2018
Watch: Can your story take place anytime?
Happy Hanukkah
An Interview with Mark J. Mirsky
Flash Fiction: The Art of Short
Jerusalem Writers Event
Ten Things I learned from Publishing King of the Class
Read New Flash Fiction: Cutty Sark
My flash fiction vlog is on The Muffin
Win a free copy of Passport Control 12/12
The Biggest Mistake Working Mothers Make
Your Failure to Thrive Baby Doesn't Make You a Failure as a Mother
White Zion excerpt in Sasson Magazine
Book Giveaway today on Christi Craig
Three Things I Learned from Writing Passport Control
Story Publishing Advice
Less Stress, Reviews, Press Releases and More
Three Reasons Writing Workshops are not Just for Writers
Q: I wrote my first short story and I can't wait to publish it. What should I do now?
I’ll Bet You Think This Story’s about You: When People Keep Finding Themselves in Your Fiction
Interview with author Yael Shahar
Online places for Jewish women & Places to Publish Jewish Fiction UPDATED June 2023
WATCH: Interview with Bev Ehrlich today for her Wisdom Wednesday series
Still time to thank you for 2018 #gratitude #writechat #bookmarketing chat
Truth in Fiction
Another cure for Writer's Block

Latest Books

The Inheritance

The Inheritance

This suspense/thriller asks, if you were to walk away from your family, would you ever go back, even if you received a desperate text message?

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Pre-Order from Amazon/Kindle for release: March 11, 2025

With a Good Eye

With a Good Eye

This family drama is part crime fiction and part domestic noir. With A Good Eye will make you question: can you ever save anyone but yourself and do any of us ever really leave home?

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No Entry

No Entry

In No Entry, Canadian teenager, Yael Amar, signs on to an elephant conservation program and ends up coming face to face with violence, greed, and murder and the taste of a very real danger for all of us: elephant extinction.

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White Zion

White Zion

White Zion is a novel in stories forthcoming from Cervena Barva Press (April 2019). The novel takes readers into the worlds of 19th century Yemen, pre-State Israel, modern Israel and modern Canada...

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Passport Control

Passport Control

Miriam Gil knows little about Israel. Her father won’t talk about his life there or the brother he left behind when he came to Canada. Hurt and angry when he tells her to move out to make room for his new girlfriend, she enrolls in an Israeli university. She falls in love with Guy... 

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King of the Class

King of the Class

Eve and Manny are engaged in post-civil war Israel, but Manny has a secret: he’s falling in love with his religious roots and turning his back on moral relativism. As their wedding date approaches...

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