Sweet Success! M.J. Brett

By Kathie Scrimgeour

M.J. Brett’s family fiction novel, The Voices Know My Name (ISBN: 978-0-9748869-9-2, softcover, 260 pages, ages 12 and up), was released July 16, 2015 by Blue Harmony Press. This is her tenth novel.

A young soldier with PTSD tries to kill himself, but is stopped by a total stranger, a civilian. After the event, he remembers nothing about it. The rescuer has no intention of getting involved, but she soon learns that he is not the only one who hears voices or can't cope with bad memories. Together, they search through crisis after crisis for a way to find "normal," or at least a "new normal."

After 21 years teaching on military bases in Europe, Margaret Brettschneider (a.k.a. M.J. Brett) has begun writing stories she feels need to be told, stories of ordinary people in extraordinary situations. It's not what happens to you, she feels, it's how you respond to the trauma and challenge of living.

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Available soon at: www.mjbrett.com or on Amazon.com

Quote of the week and week to come

"One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure." ~ William A. Feather

 

Source: Bing

William A. Feather was an American publisher and author, based in Cleveland, Ohio. Born in Jamestown, New York, Feather relocated with his family to Cleveland in 1903. After earning a degree from Western Reserve University in 1910, he began working as a reporter for the Cleveland Press. In 1916, he established the William Feather Magazine. In addition to writing for and publishing that magazine, and writing for other magazines as H.L. Mencken's The American Mercury, he ran a successful printing business, and wrote several books.

This week on Writing from the Peak: 

August 24:  Aaron Michael Ritchey, The Amazing Blessings of Being a Writer

August 26:  Robert Spiller, Value Added Amateur Sleuths

August 28:  Sweet Success: M.J. Brett

Sweet Success! M.J. Brett

Compiled by Kathie Scrimgeour

M.J. Brett’s true crime mystery, Truth Lies Six Foot Under (ISBN: 978-0-9748869-8-5, 246 pages, e-book and paperback) was released July 2013 by Blue Harmony Press. The novel is available on Amazon.com as a Kindle edition.

When a struggling student accidentally sees something he wasn't expecting to see, he reports it to the sheriff. From that point on, his life and that of his wife and their four-year-old son are caught up in a whirlwind of danger. Everybody is hiding something. What? and Why? Who blocked investigation? Is there such a thing as suicide by proxy? Who covered up the brutal murders of this young family? Who staged the crime? Who burned the records? What do the banker, the mafia, the university, and the sheriff have to hide? Why does every question lead to threats? At the family's request, an old P.I. and his young protege seek to find answers twenty years later, and they find secrets and lies still seethe out from under, and their investigation becomes more dangerous than they had thought.

Margaret Brettschneider (a.k.a. M.J. Brett) went from soda jerk to ballet dancer to teacher, 21 years of it overseas, to retirement in Colorado Springs. Living on the Cold War Border in Germany brought her in contact with other DoD teachers, and the usual assortment of Aviation, Engineering, Artillery, and Spooks, military men who held back the communist incursions for years. Now, in retirement, she likes to write the true stories from these contacts plus world travel opportunities. She prefers stories she feels need to be written, and this new mystery was a cold case gone horribly wrong that needed to be solved. You can find Margaret at her website, www.mjbrett.com. 

We love to hear of fellow Pikes Peak Writers' Sweet Successes, including story acceptances, winning contests, getting published and book signings. Please email Kathie Scrimgeour at ppwsweetsuccess@gmail.com if you've got a Sweet Success you'd like to share.