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Thank the Good God She Found Jesus
Bad girl goes good--and then bad again--exchanging Hail Marys for Happy Hours, and piety for pilsner in a month of equalizing Sundays.
24 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 21, 2012
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About the author
Karen Robiscoe
10 books8 followers"Good Penny" 05/2014 – villanelle published by Steam Ticket: a Third Coast Review
“Word Mosaics“ 02/2014 – chapbook published by Fowlpox Press
“Fairy Tale Hive” 10/2013 – 12 poem limerick series in Bohemia Journal
"Silent Night"--09/2013 short story print edition KY Story
“The Poseidon Adventure” 09/2013–poem in Bohemia Journal
"Tossed & Found"--07/2013 short story print edition Dark Light, Volume #3
"Santa Barbara White Fire Nearly Contained"--05/31/2013 news article featured on Yahoo News Network
"What Happens in Vegas"--05/2013 short story print edition PstD Volume #3 (Postscripts to darkness)
1 of 2 Featured Literary Artists in 9/1/2012 edition of: Art4TheHomeless Webzine
Qualified in Amazon's Breakthrough Novel Awards 2012 - General Fiction category.
Semi-Finals in SFWPA annual writing contest 2009 (excerpt)
Honorable Mention in Writer's Digest 78th Annual Writing Contest, 2009, Mainstream Literary Division (excerpt)
"Wash Day"--6/2012 poem e-published by: Handful of Dust (on page 10)
"To Jabberwock from Charon: Wherever I May Find You"--10/2011, creative non fiction-e-published by: The Whistling Fire
"New Shoes"--06/2008 poem published by: SPECTRUM Anthology at UCSB, edition CLVV
"The Write Ingredients"--06/2007 poem published by: SPECTRUM Anthology at UCSB, edition CLVIV
Once upon a time, in the surreal land of California, in a maze of beige-colored condominiums so tortuously addressed even the residents need a map, there lived a woman named Karen Robiscoe. Since this woman had acquired a number of ballpoint pens over the years, and reams of outdated letterhead besides, she decided to try her hand at fiction writing, and wonders of wonders, discovered her hand worked!
She could organize letters into words, by Gumdrop, and words into sentences, bless P.S. professors & surfeit stationary, anyway, but the story writing aspect took longer to finesse. If writing conferences, classes & innumerable DIY manuals equates to finesse, and it seems so. After a while, Karen was able to plot simple storylines that contained all the heavy-hitting nouns & verbs you hear so much about, with punctuation to spare (!) although the subsequent writer's cramp brought on by this milestone was less welcome. So, one day, after thoroughly dusting her PC & attaching a cat just above the monitor, she keypunched an urban fantasy titled: SPIRITED REMIX. An unusual story wherein the suicidal heroine is forced to earn her redemption posthumously.
That isn't all she keypunched. She tapped out loads of limericks, original poetry so deep it requires a shovel to fathom, along with short stories, humorous op-eds, and fender-sized philosophies. To keep balanced during the process, she used both feet, participating in lots of sporting events around Santa Barbara, and went on to document those, as well. Now that was a body of work! (And a body that worked well, too.)
This brought about another dilemma for our quick-study writer, however. How to spread the word about her sentences, now? How, in this day and age of global communication--could this be accomplished? She thought long and hard, becoming hopelessly distracted by a crystal suspended in the sunlight cascading through a window, until she had an "ah-hah" moment. After double-checking the existence of the Internet on the Internet, her problem was solved. She would launch a blog, give it a catchy, alliterative name, She would fill it with her one-of-a-kind limericks and original poetry, her surprising short stories and humorous op-eds and wait for her readership to come in...
This is where you come in readership, lest you and she pass in the night...
“Word Mosaics“ 02/2014 – chapbook published by Fowlpox Press
“Fairy Tale Hive” 10/2013 – 12 poem limerick series in Bohemia Journal
"Silent Night"--09/2013 short story print edition KY Story
“The Poseidon Adventure” 09/2013–poem in Bohemia Journal
"Tossed & Found"--07/2013 short story print edition Dark Light, Volume #3
"Santa Barbara White Fire Nearly Contained"--05/31/2013 news article featured on Yahoo News Network
"What Happens in Vegas"--05/2013 short story print edition PstD Volume #3 (Postscripts to darkness)
1 of 2 Featured Literary Artists in 9/1/2012 edition of: Art4TheHomeless Webzine
Qualified in Amazon's Breakthrough Novel Awards 2012 - General Fiction category.
Semi-Finals in SFWPA annual writing contest 2009 (excerpt)
Honorable Mention in Writer's Digest 78th Annual Writing Contest, 2009, Mainstream Literary Division (excerpt)
"Wash Day"--6/2012 poem e-published by: Handful of Dust (on page 10)
"To Jabberwock from Charon: Wherever I May Find You"--10/2011, creative non fiction-e-published by: The Whistling Fire
"New Shoes"--06/2008 poem published by: SPECTRUM Anthology at UCSB, edition CLVV
"The Write Ingredients"--06/2007 poem published by: SPECTRUM Anthology at UCSB, edition CLVIV
Once upon a time, in the surreal land of California, in a maze of beige-colored condominiums so tortuously addressed even the residents need a map, there lived a woman named Karen Robiscoe. Since this woman had acquired a number of ballpoint pens over the years, and reams of outdated letterhead besides, she decided to try her hand at fiction writing, and wonders of wonders, discovered her hand worked!
She could organize letters into words, by Gumdrop, and words into sentences, bless P.S. professors & surfeit stationary, anyway, but the story writing aspect took longer to finesse. If writing conferences, classes & innumerable DIY manuals equates to finesse, and it seems so. After a while, Karen was able to plot simple storylines that contained all the heavy-hitting nouns & verbs you hear so much about, with punctuation to spare (!) although the subsequent writer's cramp brought on by this milestone was less welcome. So, one day, after thoroughly dusting her PC & attaching a cat just above the monitor, she keypunched an urban fantasy titled: SPIRITED REMIX. An unusual story wherein the suicidal heroine is forced to earn her redemption posthumously.
That isn't all she keypunched. She tapped out loads of limericks, original poetry so deep it requires a shovel to fathom, along with short stories, humorous op-eds, and fender-sized philosophies. To keep balanced during the process, she used both feet, participating in lots of sporting events around Santa Barbara, and went on to document those, as well. Now that was a body of work! (And a body that worked well, too.)
This brought about another dilemma for our quick-study writer, however. How to spread the word about her sentences, now? How, in this day and age of global communication--could this be accomplished? She thought long and hard, becoming hopelessly distracted by a crystal suspended in the sunlight cascading through a window, until she had an "ah-hah" moment. After double-checking the existence of the Internet on the Internet, her problem was solved. She would launch a blog, give it a catchy, alliterative name, She would fill it with her one-of-a-kind limericks and original poetry, her surprising short stories and humorous op-eds and wait for her readership to come in...
This is where you come in readership, lest you and she pass in the night...
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December 11, 2013
Thank The Good God She Found Jesus is a short book by Karen Robiscoe and is a humorous tale about an ex drunk fighting her inner demons by using the Church. She also tries to make a little money by using back doors where she works. One of the reasons for going to church is because she likes the Pastor.
As usual, Karen mixes story telling with humour in her unique style. It is a great little book, and I would recommend it. Although it sounds irreverent, it really does not have that much to do with the church. It is more one woman’s struggles with alcoholism and trying to put her past behind her.
If you want a quick read, I’d suggest this book. The only issue – I would have loved it to be longer
As usual, Karen mixes story telling with humour in her unique style. It is a great little book, and I would recommend it. Although it sounds irreverent, it really does not have that much to do with the church. It is more one woman’s struggles with alcoholism and trying to put her past behind her.
If you want a quick read, I’d suggest this book. The only issue – I would have loved it to be longer
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