by Kelly Lavender | Oct 8, 2017 | Kelly's Notes
Twenty-one year old has a heart attack? I recall the first time I heard about sadism—a news story on the radio. I stopped in my tracks and re-played the sentence in my brain. A twenty-one year old female suffered a heart attack and ended up in the emergency room after...
by Kelly Lavender | Nov 5, 2016 | Kelly's Notes
When I wrote my second award-winning novel – Plenty, I never guessed that I would move to three states during the course of thirteen months. Somewhere along the road from a ranch in
Texas
by Kelly Lavender | Jan 10, 2016 | Kelly's Notes
Can a gritty, dark, intense Horror Thriller – written by a Multi-Award-Winning Author – be both suspenseful and meaningful? Yes, polished Plenty, riveted by research and expert editing, proves the point. I decided to post this rebuttal to a negative Christmas Day review because…
by Kelly Lavender | Sep 29, 2015 | Kelly's Notes
Some recent comments posted about my novel warrant a response. “…I also don’t believe any research was done into rape survivors and the blatant disregard for that aspect of this book when fashioning Camille and Jennifer is just disgusting…” To set the...
by Kelly Lavender | Aug 17, 2015 | Kelly's Notes
Why do I tout my book as the antithesis to Fifty? For a number of reasons: plot, message, pace, merit and genre. Plenty de-glamorizes sex kitten training, and strips away the fairy tale sheen, a theme popularized by Fifty. Plenty chronicles the dark, ugly, gritty...
by Kelly Lavender | Jul 25, 2015 | Kelly's Notes
For fiction-loving feminists, for adult readers who enjoy suspense thrillers and for readers who enjoy fiction with merit and for the scores of women who didn’t enjoy Fifty, I suggest Plenty. D. Donovan, Senior Book Reviewer for Midwest Book Reviews, had a lot to say...
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