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Free Short Story by Florence Witkop It was the weekend. I could sleep all day. But that would mean missing what the noisy bird and strobe-like sun beyond my bedroom window promised. Sunshine and garden chores. So I got up, went through my getting-ready-for-the-day routine and headed for the kitchen and breakfast. And stopped halfway […]

Alien Contact is almost ready for publication. I’ve never had such a slow roll-out. It’s all my fault for procratination. It happened because, instead of doing the cover and formatting myself, I went with a professional company and had no … Continue reading →

Hi, I’m Florence Witkop and I’m an author and have been one for many years because I love stories and the characters that people them. If you, too, enjoy reading about the sometimes amazing situations people find themselves in — … Continue reading →

Got this in an email from Cynthia at Winged Publications this morning and all I can say is ‘wow.’ She thought it was time for new covers for the Legend series books and as I checked them out I agree … Continue reading →

Final cover for Alien Contact. At first I thought the cover model seemed too tough for a book about a nice girl on an intersteller trip who ends up saving everyone. But when I ran the cover by other people (family) they thought she looked like someone who started out sweet and ended up as …

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Of course I’m also in discussion with a real graphic artist for a real cover because people who make book covers for a living know better what’s right and what’s not.

Slogging towards finishing my next book that’s a rewrite of my last one, a Vella story. Complete, total rewrite. Ugh. Was The Space Between Stars and is now Alien Contact. See what I mean? Completely changed except in some ways it’s the same. Again — ugh. Lots of work.