I have always loved to tell stories and write. Like so many other writers, my characters live in my head, and they rarely are quiet. They aren't happy until their story is written. 

My fifth grade teacher was my motivation for writing. She would read to us most afternoons. My imagination began to spark when she started reading 1001 Arabian Nights to us. I wrote about treasure caves, haunted houses, horses, my classmates and family, and a host of other things. At the end of the year, I bound the stories between construction paper covers and gave them to Mrs. Miller.

My mom passed me a Harlequin romance when I was about 20, and one particular story motivated me to want to write a better story. All for the Love of Thomi was borne. The Resurrection of Joleigh-Anna Kelmann originally had been a short story. My writing instructor at the time told it the story needed to be a novel. And he was right. I'm glad I took his advice and developed it as such. My romances are written under the pen Neenah Davis-Wilson. Children's work I write under my own name, Anita M. Shaw, and my picture books I'm working on will be probably under the pen of Neta Marie.

I write a little poetry when the mood strikes me. I love writing novels and short stories best.

My romances are contemporary ones of the sweeter variety, although, All For The Love Of Thomi has been called a family saga. I do plan to write several novels based on the characters in this story. Loved them too much to let them go!

For the children's author side of me, I have one book finished, Dalton's Last Stand, also here for sampling, and two more as works in progress. Stagecoach at the Old Gristmill, a time travel aimed at 8 - 12 year olds, and a young adult novel, called Marooned on Planet EARTH: The Scoville Tragedies. I do have some picture books in mind to do at some point.

The finished novels are listed for sale for the Kindle on Amazon.com for 99 cents. Print versions may be available at some point. News of that will be posted here and on my sites if I finally decide to go ahead with that.

Looking forward to making new friends and meeting up again with old ones!