You Never Know is the title of my novel, just published in March, 2011, and it’s a fitting description for what I’ve been through in my publishing adventure! Getting You Never Know published started before one word of the book was written. In 2009, I began marketing my collection of short fiction, Random Acts of…
I got started on the road to being a published author through working with a coach. We were discussing what ignited my passion. I had already compiled a bucket list of items and had worked my way through several of them. I had swam with dolphins and driven a stock car over 170 miles per…
If you’ve turned 40 and had that “what do I want to be when I grow up?” panic attack, then you’ll relate to why I wrote the book. If you haven’t turned 40 yet, this is what you have to look forward to if you don’t pursue your dreams. I had an Oprah “aha” moment…
After majoring in psychology in college, Helen Laibach realized that her aspirations to be a marriage, child, and family counselor did not suit her temperament–so she began a family and chose a more satisfying career as an executive assistant. An avid reader and talented nature photographer, Laibach lives in Southern California with her husband of…
I don’t care much for long car trips. As a child, my mother used to take me and my sister on a trip through the desert, to Phoenix, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada and back to where we lived in Southern California. We affectionately called it “the loop.” Those were good times and I wouldn’t…
I grew up in Waterbury Connecticut. It is a small New England town with the picturesque downtown green containing statues and small monuments celebrating the country and the sacrifices made by the local populous in times of war. When I was growing up, Waterbury was just shedding its manufacturing roots. The local factories that attracted…
One of my life experiences which contributed to the story in “Expiation” was my relationship with my wife. My wife and I were high school sweethearts. I played sports in high school and she was very cute and popular. Then she left the Bay Area, where we both grew up, to go out of state…
The Story Behind the Book 