"I write for the same reason I read:

to find out what happens next.”

Elvis’s
Beauty, Barber, Bait & Bakery

Available mid-March in print or ePub.
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Rita Haag Fiction Author, Novels, Stories

About the Author

Since childhood I've been fascinated by words. This focus led to a Journalism degree and post-college work in business, technical and promotional communications. A desire to create a memoir for my 103-year-old grandmother led to some interesting family background…which led to a novel..then experimentation with short stories...and the discovery that while writing is my strength, fiction is my passion.

Rita’s Books

Books written by Rita Haag | Fiction Author
Elvis’s Beauty, Barber, Bait, & Bakery
Elvis’s Beauty, Barber, Bait, & Bakery

Brent Wallace was not one to initiate a conversation.
The crow started it.

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Rayford’s Garden
Rayford’s Garden

It is 1864. Sherman’s troops are rampaging across Georgia. Rayford’s Garden is in their path.

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From a Writer’s Desk

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What Do Authors Owe Their Readers?

In a novel I read recently in one of my book clubs, the author described a scene in which young people were dressed in wool hats and down jackets. That particular clothing was key in developing the plot, but considering typical weather for that time and place, they would likely have been in shorts and t-shirts. The author’s failure to correctly convey these basic facts knocked me out of the story and made me wonder what else was wrong.

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What’s Going On Up There?

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Ethel and the Stomach

Ethel, my middle-of-the-night-brain, isn’t always a solo act . . .

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