No, this is not me, but I can tell she's a lot like me:  sprawled outside on the grass, reading and laughing.  Bet you a dollar that's Testing Haskell  she's reading. ... Bet you anything.


By the way. Haskell and I are having a 1/2 price sale. 
Copies are $7 each. 
We think you can't beat that with a stick, especially for Christmas/birthday/anniversary/wedding/graduation/
new job/new baby presents.
A hurt man, a lost dog, and a southern girl willing to risk it all to help ...







     is what you'll find inside TESTING HASKELL, a con-
     temporary southern adventure novel starring Miss-
     issippian Haskell Fleming.
            
          Haskell is her hometown's quirkiest resident, but           
       most of her neighbors wouldn't use that word. They'd 
       use nutcase. Bothers Haskell some, but in the                    
       scheme of her life these days, being called a nutcase 
       is a positive note. 

           For one thing she's poorer than Job's turkey, whoever 
       he was. For another her aunt is a control-Haskell-freak.     
       For another she just caught her fiance dallying in the 
       back of a pickup truck with someone not her. 
   
          Then there's a wreck. In the rain. And she accidently 
       rescues an injured stranger's dog. And here we go. She 
       has to literally fight city hall trying to save the dog.  Costs 
       her way more than most people would be willing to 
       pay. But she's Haskell. She'll pay. And pay. And pay.

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             In case you wanted to know a portion of TESTING 
       HASKELL garnered a literary fellowship from the 
       Mississippi Arts Commission, YAY. (Another manuscript 
       earned a similar fellowship in 2010. YAY twice.)

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Actual - as opposed to made-up - reviewers had this to say about Haskell's story:


"...Taking much pride in its feel for Southern culture, Testing Haskell is a story about Southerners, but can be enjoyed by anyone."  
                                                                   The Midwest Book Review

"Testing Haskell is a down home edgy slice of Southern life ... (The novel) received a literary grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission. The literary quality does not diminish the entertaining eccentricity, humor, and heartfelt protrayal of the characters."
                                                                Mindquest Review of Books

"Testing Haskell is just snortingly funny ... a great southern read - fast and witty (and) well-plotted."
                                                                             The Loud Librarian

   
   Of course all the nice words gave me hope that Haskell's story will be a mega-million best-seller, but that's on my fantasy days. What I really hope for is that the people who need an encouraging, totally southern story to read will find Haskell and enjoy her. You're invited inside to find out more about all of us, so come on in!