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I'm stepping into new frontiers again with my first official foray into fiction writing--a short story titled "The Wedding Dress" that I've published through Kindle Direct Publishing on Amazon. After five years of writing essays, I figured it was about time to dip a toe into new waters. You can check out the cover and the first few paragraphs for free on Amazon with this link:...

I just did an interview with a website called "Imperfect Women." I feel like I may have found my home planet, a bit like Gonzo did in the movie "Muppets From Space". AAAhhhhhh... what a relief to find a celebration of being real instead of trying to be perfect! At any rate, here's the link. We talk about my books, and life in general, and the fact that this weekend (Saturday and Sunday, January...

Can I interest a few readers in reading my book "Running with Stilettos" and then posting an impartial review on Amazon? Here's a link to the book in the Kindle Store. If you are interested in reading it and then reviewing it, please email me and I can send you a review copy!...

I just signed the contract to produce my third collection of essays, whose title shall remain a state secret until the book is actually "live"! I'm really hoping to see this in print in time to have fun talking about it and selling it in Chicago at the Printers Row Lit Fest in early June.In the meantime, here's a link to a sample chapter--"Full Circle" Just like the first two books, this new...

Can we boomers still bring it? Can we be tough guys? i certainly thought so when I wrote my recent thriller: A Plague of Iron that features a boomer protagonist. Indeed Michael Connelly, the best selling author, told me he was ready for "granpa noir." Now a top reviewer for Kindle Book Reviews agrees. Here's just part of what she had to say: “Mr. Freadhoff has written a realistic novel and...

Romance! Christmas! Second chances! Happy endings! And a winter storm! I was just in that kind of a mood for the past couple of weeks as this short story worked its way out of my head, through my fingertips to the keyboard, and then finally into Amazon's Kindle Store. You can check out the listing, and preview the first few pages here at The Last Christmas Tree. And in case you're wondering,...

Just add coffee..and sigh! I'm happy to share that I finally managed to upload a full-color version of my second book, "Heck on Heels," to Amazon's Kindle Store, where I've priced it at $2.99. The paperback sells for $14.95. Here's the link to check out a free preview, some very nice reviews, and a description:...

"Fabulous in Flats," my third essay collection, finally went "live" a couple of days ago! It's available in both paperback and Kindle editions at iUniverse, which is the publishing company I used for my first two books, Running with Stilettos and Heck on Heels. I am so glad that I forged ahead and wrote these books, the experiences and friendships I've made as a result of that leap of faith have...

I was a prolific reader of both fiction and nonfiction up to about 10 years ago or so. At first,...