Florence Osmund
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After a long career in the corporate world, Florence Osmund retired to write novels. “I strive to create stories that contain complex characters and thought-provoking plots that challenge readers to survey their own values," Osmund states. Florence’s book “How to Write, Publish, and Promote a Novel” and website www.florenceosmund.com offer substantial advice for new and aspiring writers including how to begin the project, writing techniques, building an author platform, book promotion and more. Florence lives on a small, tranquil lake in northern Illinois where she continues to write novels.
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The Coach House
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Literary Fiction
1945 Chicago. Newlyweds Marie Marchetti and her husband, Richard, have the perfect life together. Or at least it seems until Marie discovers cryptic receipts hidden in their basement and a gun in Richard's desk drawer. When she learns he secretly attends a mobster’s funeral, her suspicions are confirmed. And when she inadvertently interrupts a meeting between Richard and his so-called business associates in their home, he causes her to fall down the basement steps, compelling Marie to run for her life. Ending up in Atchison, Kansas, Marie quickly sets up a new life for herself. She meets Karen Franklin, a woman who will become her lifelong best friend, and rents a coach house apartment behind a three-story Victorian home. Ironically, it is the discovery of the identity of her real father and his ethnicity that unexpectedly changes her life more than Richard ever could. Sequel: "Daughters"
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Daughters
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Literary Fiction
The year is 1949, and twenty-four-year-old Marie Marchetti has just discovered her fatherʾs identity, the father she never knew. She hopes the invitation from him to spend two weeks with her newfound family over Thanksgiving will help uncover vital truths about herself. Discovering who her father is also means discovering her own ethnicity, and her strong need to understand who she really is and where she belongs drives her to seek peace and truth in her life. A lot happens as a result of Marieʾs Thanksgiving visit. But the most life-altering consequence of it unexpectedly grows out of an encounter with a twelve-year-old girl named Rachael.
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Red Clover
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Literary Fiction
The troubled son of a callous father and socialite mother determines his own meaning of success after learning shocking family secrets that cause him to rethink who he is and where heʼs going. Lee Winekoopʾs reinvention of himself is surprising; the roadblocks he confronts are unnerving; and the cast of characters he befriends along the way is both heartwarming and amusing. Join him on his journey into manhood as he discovers that lifeʾs bitter circumstances can actually give rise to meaningful consequences. 
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Regarding Anna
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Literary Fiction
After recovering from the shock of her parents perishing in a tragic accident, Grace Lindroth discovers clues in their attic that cause her to believe the people she called Mom and Dad her whole life may not have been her real parents. The lies and secrets that Grace exposes in her quest for the truth are both shocking and life-changing—and not only for herself. Sample Regarding Anna
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Living with Markus
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Literary Fiction
After building a successful landscaping business, thirty-one-year-old Marc Nussbaum has visions of enjoying the finer things in life, and he's found the perfect woman to enjoy it with him. But when his dysfunctional family members enter the picture, he falls victim to their helplessness and loses sight of his own dreams. After painful soul-searching, Marc must decide whether to continue saving his relatives from their ill-fated lives or save himself from a life of self-sacrifice and missed opportunities. When he finally realizes his real purpose in life, he discovers it isn't at all what he thought it would be. 
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How to Write, Publish, and Promote a Novel
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How-To, Reference
Whether you are a new or aspiring author, or someone who has published before, learn how to make your novel credible, engaging, and marketable.
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Nineteen Hundred Days
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Literary Fiction
Twelve-year-old Ben panics when his parents don’t come home from work one day, while his timid six-year-old sister Lucy clings to him for support. Having been raised to believe that the police and Child Protective Services are considered the enemy, the children will do anything to avoid ending up in foster homes. Unfortunately, their incredible journey to evade the authorities brings them into contact with people who may not have their best interests at heart. The lessons Ben learns in his nineteen-hundred-day journey, as he tries to get his own life on track and protect the lives of others, serve to prepare him for what lies ahead. 
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They Called Me Margaret
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Literary Fiction
Cozy mystery writer Margaret Manning thinks her husband may be mimicking the behavior of some of the shadier characters in her books, even though he claims to have never read any of them. When several pieces of her jewelry go missing, she wonders if he’s responsible for it or if she’s losing her mind. When her world becomes complicated with health issues and the unsettling actions of friends and family, her dream of opening a bookstore for indie authors begins to crumble…along with the promise for a happier life.
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The Ring
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Literary Fiction
Business owner Paige West misses the closeness she had with her now-deceased father. Jessivel Salter, a single mother on the brink of becoming homeless, also misses her dead father, but for very different reasons. When fate unites the two women, Paige is drawn to Jessivel from the start and wants to help her. But Jessivel doesn’t trust Paige or her intentions and rejects her many “helping hand” offers. The two women eventually connect and when certain disturbing truths are unveiled, they discover they have something in common that is inconceivable and shocking. Each has to decide whether to take the easy way out and part ways forevermore or face up to the adversity that fate has thrown at them. And it all started with “the ring.” 
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