Falling Through the Cracks: The Misadventures of No One Famous

by Kelli Jae Baeli

"Falling Through the Cracks is a brave, entertaining, heart- breaking, and inspiring peek into the dark places of the human psyche, illuminated with hope and determination by sheer force of will. A powerful story that reminds us of the beauty of the human spirit.". ~LightSwitcher Books~"Baeli opens herself up, warts and all, to share a period in her life when she believed she had "a dark thing" on her head. Everything that could go wrong, did. Throughout her struggle for self-respect, and the help she needed, she faced all the ugly demons the human psyche can produce--sometimes with witty dark humor, and surprising insight, and sometimes with despondency. But she emerged from the Big Brother-imposed Stygian Stockade with a depth of character we should all aspire to." ~KIWI Club Reviews

546 pages, Paperback

First published October 17, 2010

About the author

"To me, failing to learn to use the tools one’s craft shows laziness and disrespect for the reader. There are, however, no issues of that sort where Baeli’s writing is concerned. It’s rare to these days to find a writer whose style is technically so nearly perfect, but who’s also a damned good storyteller. I doubt if she is even capable of writing poorly." ~W. Spice

Even after 36 novels, I always try to write the sort of book I would want to read. My favorite thing to do is take a common trope and turn it on its ear. Where you expect a zig, I give you a zag. In my pages, you will find strong female characters, ethical dilemmas, and realistic storylines often filled with adventure and intense pacing, tempered by witty dialog, and happy endings. All are hallmarks of my work.

As a Bestselling Genre-Hopping Indie Author, I’ve enjoyed a sales position in the top 5% of lesbian writers, but I write crossover and mainstream fiction and have authored 26 nonfiction books, as well. All 36 of my FemFic novels have been bestsellers in the genres of domestic suspense, domestic thriller, women's adventure, romantic suspense, apocalyptic, speculative, lesfic, lesbian romance, and science fiction. I’m also a mixed-media artist (mostly clay and abstract painting) and former performing singer-songwriter with over 200 songs.

My wife, Melissa Walker-Baeli, is a budding author in her own right, and we have several co-writing projects coming soon. We live with two dogs, (Noodle and Whatnot) and two cats, (Poppet and Chicklet) on ten acres in the gorgeous Northwoods of Michigan.

Reviews

[Kelli Baeli · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have been trying to find the least traumatic and time-consuming way to get this book into digital form, but still haven't. The problem is that some formatting does not translate well into ebook text, and gets rejected by autovetters at places like Smashwords and Kindle. But it is on my list of things to do…not very HIGH on the list, because frankly, I do realize it's a memoir by "no one famous" (hence the subtitle) and there's probably no long clamoring line of readers demanding its appearance on their digital devices…. Until then, I can only offer it in PDF form for reading digitally, so if you are interested, you can now download the PDF version here for FREE.