Betsy Robinson

My Works

The Last Will & Testament of Zelda McFigg

(paperback and all ebook formats)

Big Moose Prize-winning novel about a woman who feels invisible and will stop at nothing to be seen. A comedy.

Plan Z by Leslie Kove

(paperback and all ebook formats)

• A funny, sometimes sad, story of negotiating life without a clue.

• A Catcher in the Rye for the 1970s generation.

• An entertaining tale for anybody who has ever grown up.

Leslie Kove has struck out at life plans A through Y, and decides the only plan left is to tell her story — Plan Z.

She recounts her bumbling, at times hilarious, journey through the Vietnam era and New York City in the 70s and 80s.

To read an excerpt, click on title (above, and in Selected Works column at right).

Conversations with Mom

(paperback, Kindle, Nook editions)

A funny, enlightening little book for anybody who's had a mother ... or pain ... or shame ... or any combination. Click on the title to see more and excerpts.

Girl Stories & Game Plays

(paperback and all ebook formats)

24 stories and 3 one-act plays for everyone who enjoys a good laugh, a cathartic cry, and an entertaining tale.

Includes Darleen Dances and Jakey, Get Out of the Buggy (listed below; click on title to read).

Praise

"Your turns of phrase — creative freedom with language — turned me on throughout; that's the reason why people still read. I laughed out loud! A ticklish read from start to finish."
—Jason Love, syndicated humor writer

"I was seduced into believing these were just ‘stories’ and then was zinged with surprising twists. The precision of the writing is gripping, dialogue is riveting. Each story stands on its own but then becomes a part of a greater whole, with some characters appearing and reappearing, as though they want us to know them better."
—Diane Booth, psychotherapist

Darleen Dances

(for ebook, click on title; also included in Girl Stories & Game Plays)

A funny play about finding God.

The opening monologue to Darleen Dances is published in Moving Parts: Monologues from Contemporary Plays, Viking Penguin, 1992.

For more information, click on the play title (above or in Selected Works at right).

An updated version of the play is in
Girl Stories & Game Plays.

Jakey, Get Out of the Buggy

(click on title to read, also available on Kindle and in Girl Stories & Game Plays)

"Grampa Jake was a nasty, short-tempered, mean-spirited, frequently rude, sometimes sullen, usually drunk sonofabitch with no patience for anything or anybody, but I mean that in a good way."

Angels come in all forms...

The Practice: Dee and Bea's Quick & Easy Guide to Enlightenment

Meet Dee, an intellectual with a disreputable past and a passion for food, sex, and fashion, and Bea, the former star of antacid and hemorrhoid commercials who dislikes most everything except Dee. The two decide to become self-proclaimed best-selling spiritual experts after Dee has a dream that they are. The tale of their journey to enlightenment takes place over meals, and each chapter ends with a spiritual practice—written not only to entertain, but to offer a deeper, truer, and certainly a funnier kind of wisdom than the plethora of “how-to-be-spiritual” books.

Available FREE on Kindle Unlimited, and CHEAP on regular Kindle.