Check out some of my essays and articles that have been published!

 

Chicken Soup for the Soul:  The Miracle of Love  features the true love stories of 101 authors, including mine! My story is about a Kansas boy flirting with a Missouri girl when they were teens and how they ended up together 30+ years later. Watch the Chicken Soup for the Soul Miracle of Love Video Trailer that features my story in this book! Listen to the Podcast too! Order yours on Amazon, Barnes & NobleBooks-a-Million, or Tattered Cover, or waltz into your nearest bookstore and buy it off the shelf!

My son Austin Alexander performed his original song “A Recipe for Love” during the book signing at Barnes & Noble on June 16, 2018. He wrote this song in honor of my story getting published. Watch the recording of it here and get the heartwarming background story.

 


This hilariously-packed anthology is available for purchase on Amazon. Laugh Out Loud: 40 Women Humorists Celebrate Then and Now…Before We Forget, is written by Allia Zobel Nolan and 40 funny ladies from the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop (including yours truly, Lisa Marlin, confessing to being a Madonna Wannabe in 1985 and why I’m thankful social media did not exist back then).

Erma’s daughter Betsy Bombeck says, “My mother would have loved Laugh Out Loud. It’s the kind collection that honors her sense of the ridiculous and shines a brilliant spotlight on the inane.The stories in this book reflect a philosophy she always believed: “If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.” Click here to order at this Amazon link! 

Under the bleachers, a mother undercover (Valley Courier)

Mischief times two  (The Dallas Morning News)

They may be cute and fuzzy, but they’re not living here!  (The Dallas Morning News)

Addicted (Writer’s Digest Magazine)

Blankie Bliss (Dallas Child Magazine)

The 4th of July in November (The Dallas Morning News)

Cheesman Park Visitors Receive Most Off-Leash Dog Citations and Warnings (Glendale Cheery Creek Chronicle, April 2018)

Chinese Family Visits Colorado On Drive Around The World In Classic Car (Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle, March 2018)

Cherry Creek Barista Wins National Coffee Competition (Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle, November 2017)

Packard’s Hill Neighborhood Wins Historic Designation (Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle, October 2017)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicken Soup for the Soul:  The Miracle of Love  features the true love stories of 101 authors, including mine! My story is about a Kansas boy flirting with a Missouri girl when they were teens and how they ended up together 30+ years later. Watch the Chicken Soup for the Soul Miracle of Love Video Trailer that features my story in this book! Listen to the Podcast too! Order yours on Amazon, Barnes & NobleBooks-a-Million, or Tattered Cover, or waltz into your nearest bookstore and buy it off the shelf!

My son Austin Alexander performed his original song “A Recipe for Love” during the book signing at Barnes & Noble on June 16, 2018. He wrote this song in honor of my story getting published. Watch the recording of it here and get the heartwarming background story.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This hilariously-packed anthology is available for purchase on Amazon. Laugh Out Loud: 40 Women Humorists Celebrate Then and Now…Before We Forget, is written by Allia Zobel Nolan and 40 funny ladies from the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop (including yours truly, Lisa Marlin, confessing to being a Madonna Wannabe in 1985 and why I’m thankful social media did not exist back then).

Erma’s daughter Betsy Bombeck says, “My mother would have loved Laugh Out Loud. It’s the kind collection that honors her sense of the ridiculous and shines a brilliant spotlight on the inane.The stories in this book reflect a philosophy she always believed: “If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.” Click here to order at this Amazon link! 

Under the bleachers, a mother undercover (Valley Courier)

Mischief times two  (The Dallas Morning News)

They may be cute and fuzzy, but they’re not living here!  (The Dallas Morning News)

Addicted (Writer’s Digest Magazine)

Blankie Bliss (Dallas Child Magazine)

The 4th of July in November (The Dallas Morning News)

Authors Share Love Stories In Newest Chicken Soup For The Soul Book (Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle, June 2018)

Cheesman Park Visitors Receive Most Off-Leash Dog Citations and Warnings (Glendale Cheery Creek Chronicle, April 2018)

Chinese Family Visits Colorado On Drive Around The World In Classic Car (Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle, March 2018)

Cherry Creek Barista Wins National Coffee Competition (Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle, November 2017)

Packard’s Hill Neighborhood Wins Historic Designation (Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle, October 2017)