Real life locations of my short stories

Drink Wine and Be Beautiful, Rome / Kimberly Sullivan

I love anything associated with travel, so it’s not a surprise that a strong sense of place is important to me as a reader and writer. My latest short story collection, “Drink Wine and Be Beautiful”, is largely set in Italy. I thought I would share some of the locations that play a role in…

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Happy Launch Day for Drink Wine and Be Beautiful!

Drink Wine and Be Beautiful

Launch Day is today! SO excited to launch my newest publication – and my first short story collection, Drink Wine and Be Beautiful. I have long loved writing short stories and am especially pleased to be releasing this first collection – stories of Italian women and expatriate women living in Italy. To celebrate my launch,…

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Around the (podcast) world in 80 days…

If you’re like me, you may grumble somewhat about many aspects of our modern world. Sometimes, I just want peace and quiet and can’t keep up with emails, Whatsapp messages, people Teaming or Skyping me when I’m in a Zoom meeting. You know the drill… But other times, I’m completely enamored by the wonders of…

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New editorial review for Drink Wine and Be Beautiful

Drink Wine and Be Beautiful cover

This week I received a lovely editorial review from The Feathered Quill reviews of my forthcoming short story collection, Drink Wine and Be Beautiful. Appreciated this thoughtful reading of my stories, and I am posting the full review below. To those of you on Net Galley who do love women’s fiction and short stories, please…

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