Books

After my captor, turned stalker, died when he was in his sixties, I was free to have my writing made public. Yet it was my computer that initially listened to my untold stories without judgement or feeling uncomfortable and changing the subject. The written word is a friend I can no longer live without. The content of each of my books may at first seem unrelated. However, they are not. They are all of the same substance. They are all part of me. I live to write, and I write to live. Writing would be my choice, even if I had a choice. How lucky is that?

The Diary of Max Bird

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2026 — Minuet Publications

The Diary of Max Bird is a memoir of survival, mischief, and unlikely wisdom. From studio perches and kitchen tables to moments of loss, illness, and fierce devotion, Max records the daily rituals of human life with an outsider’s eye and philosopher’s patience.

Swoboda's Hidden Women

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2026 — Minuet Publications

The Black Sedan is a gripping psychological thriller about emotional neglect, dangerous desire, and the devastating cost of loving the wrong person. Dark, intimate, and unsettling, it explores how the need to be loved can blind us to the very thing that might destroy us.

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2019 — Minuet Publications

The never before told true story of 20th-century bodybuilder turned guru and conman extraordinaire and the manipulation of his three generations of Swoboda Women through letters.

2023 — Minuet Publications

Prepare to be captivated by candid and deeply personal narratives that will open your eyes to the benefits of living in a rich and diverse Latin culture that reveres its elders. Be inspired as twenty-one authors reveal the unexpected ease of their transitions into a foreign environment and describe the hidden treasures they are still discovering on their journey.

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2020 — Minuet Publications

A comprehensive resource and how-to guide for the mature and emerging artist. This book by Janice Kimball, artist and former art columnist and university art instructor was written to celebrate and share the knowledge she had accumulated over forty years as an artist.

2024 — Minuet Publications

This is the life story of Francisco Urzua Inez , once known as Ponchito, in the indigenous fishing village of Ajijic on the shores of Lake Chapala in Jalisco, Mexico. His father mined opals in the rugged Sierra mountain tops above Magdelena , hours distant from his wife, 13 children, "factory" of perhaps 4 weavers, and the luxury of having a thatched roof over his head, and perhaps a hot fish taco.