It's not easy wearing so many hats, and I may have to shed a few. In the meantime, some changes are underway to this site, the Nellie Bly Books site and the new site dedicated solely to my book: Sister of Silence.

That's because, in the last few months, I missed both an invitation for an interview with the Dr. Drew Lifechangers show, and another one from ABC in San Francisco. The error was my own, since I'd been using the email address connected with this site. That email address has been plagued with thousands of spam messages, probably because porn seekers and people selling erectile dysfunction drugs come upon my site while surfing the Net with their favorite online phrases.

Yes, I've literally lost very crucial emails—case in point in the last graph—thanks to the spammers who love me. (Okay, well I was also ill and not checking my email like I normally would have—but if not for the spammers, I would have long ago synched that prior email account with my cell phone, and checked it at least 10 times a day like I do my Gmail ones.)

So one week after I found the ABC interview invitation (obviously one week too late), I changed the email address. Because apparently Google does a better job of heading off the spammers than this site's host server does. And I added a phone number. It's all on this site's home page, if you scroll and scroll and scroll to the bottom.

Here's the second scoop, though: I need my own website. This is it. Sister of Silence, the book, deserves its own website, as well. And as soon as I can figure out where to place it, I will. And then there's Nellie Bly Books, my indie publishing company, designed to serve a very small niche market for journalists and journalism. It needs its own site.

So far, I hope you're following. Because it will no doubt get more complicated before it gets less so.

For now, all you need to know is this: If you want to send me any personal correspondance about my book, you can do so here: sisterofsilence@me.com.

If you want to buy a paperback or e-book, you can do so here: Nellie Bly Books.

If you want to keep abreast of the latest Sister of Silence news, you can click that link. For now, it will simply bring you back here. I hope to have that changed very soon.

In the meantime, please watch out for the bumps! (And please, I really have no need of Viagra, so if that's the best you've got, skip it. Really.)

Editor's note: If you're looking for a book you can't put down, one that's averaging between 4.4 and 5 stars on Goodreads, Amazon and Barnes and Noble, and which could just double as a self-help handbook, this book may be it. Or, if you're a parent and want to better protect your children, or if you're a victim who has survived child sexual abuse, please go to Amazon and read the Sister of Silence forword. Written by renowned (and now retired) FBI special agent Kenneth V. Lanning, it's well worth your time.

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My Message

Every time I tell my story, someone invariably has a story to share afterward. Most times, it is a woman. Occasionally, it is a man.

“My mom was in an abusive marriage.”
“The same thing happened to me. I was molested when I was 10.”
“He beat me for 35 years.”
“After my rape, I felt like my life was stolen.”

I am honored to be trusted with a glimpse into other people’s lives . . .

Sister of Silence

This memoir exposes the social factors that lead mothers to kill their children in a manner that is, by turns, both calmly detached and full of gritty emotion. Sister of Silence looks at such factors as fractured families, adult men who prey on young girls, and domestic violence. A poignant expose that will rally people everywhere to take a closer look at the issues that are rocking the very foundation of our nation, Sister of Silence is about an award-winning journalist and columnist who experienced thirteen years of child sexual abuse and domestic violence, which pushed her to the edge and nearly resulted in suicide. The fact that she didn't kill herself--and is willing to speak out so other women who have known such horrors can be helped --is a testament to how resilient the human spirit is, and how even in spite of the worst abuse, it is possible not just to survive, but to thrive. Sister of Silence is the first narrative nonfiction book to address these issues in such a candid manner.

Vintage Berry Wine

Jane's framed letter sits on my desk, and which has traveled across the country and back with me, covering more than ten thousand miles along the way. In her February 26, 1991 letter, Jane says,

"I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your column, Vintage Berry Wine. Thank you for letting your readers take a peek into your life and for showing us that problems can be dealt with a lot easier with a bit of humor.

I really appreciate you sharing your problems with your readers. It makes me feel a kinship to you since I have gone through some of the same things you write about.

Please don't quit writing. Your column is the first thing I look for when I receive the paper. You may never know what an impact you have had on your readers. I can tell you that you have helped me and maybe someday I will get to West Virginia and meet you.”