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Joyce Sterling Scarbrough
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My love for books began when I read Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm as an eight-year-old. Since then, I have never been without a book. My favorite is Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, which I've read eight times so far. I also love books by Stephen and Tabitha King, John Grisham, Barbara Kingsolver, Joshilyn Jackson, Jeff Lindsay and--one of the greatest wordsmiths I've ever read--Rick Bragg.
I started writing True Blue Forever on my thirty-ninth birthday, figuring I had only one more good year before it was downhill all the way. Now, with three books published and my fourth in the works, I am happy to report that the old adage "Life begins at forty" is true!
Birth Place: Chickasaw, AL USA
Accomplishments: I was the valedictorian of my high school graduating class, and I've won several awards from my various employers, but the accomplishments of which I'm the proudest are my three beautiful, gifted children--TJ, Tia, and Treasure.
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Books

|  | Symmetry by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough When Jessica Cassady's husband attends a sportswriters' convention and she calls his hotel room in the middle of the night, another woman answers the phone. Lee swears things aren't what they seem, but Jess still kicks him out. While she's deciding whether or not to forgive him, she realizes her hair pulling is more than just a nervous habit and finds out she has a condition called trichotillomani...
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Short Stories
 Hope Chest by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough This is my favorite short story. It features the heroine of my second book, Different Roads, when she was a child and gives some insight into why she has to grow up the way she does....
Blue Beginnings by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough This is a story featuring the characters from my first book, True Blue Forever....
True Blue Tricks and Treats by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough This is a Halloween short I wrote for a contest our local writers' guild is holding. It features three of the characters from my book, True Blue Forever, when they were children....
On The Way to Forever by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough This is a short story featured at the end of the second edition of True Blue Forever....
Different Roads-Chap. 2 by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough This is the second chapter of my second novel. Chapter one posted in the book section....
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Poetry
 Someday by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough A poem written by one of the characters in my novels....
Baby Girls by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough I wrote this for my niece, Amber Wyrosdic Wallace, who is expecting her first baby next February....
I Remember You by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough Having survived growing up Baptist in the South, then losing respect for every denomination and all types of organized religion, I have made it back home to the only place that matters--the Everlastin...
For Mickey by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough Another poem from my novel, True Blue Forever....
Tony/Tony by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough
Farewell to Seventeen by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough A poem written in conjunction with my novel, Different Roads...
The Big Lie by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough One of the poems featured in True Blue Forever...
If You Should Fall by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough One of the poems from my novel, True Blue Forever....
Stars by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough
On the Wings of Anthony by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough
My Love in Metaphor by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough
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Articles
 A Bowling Story by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough We mustn't let our teenagers show us up!...
My Little Sister by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough Dedicated to Michaelé Sterling Hunt...
My Greatest Influence by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough I wrote this small tribute to my father so that people who weren't lucky enough to ever meet him would know what kind of man he was, and why I will miss him so much....
Prospective pilot by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough I've often been told my family would make a great basis for a sitcom. What say you?...
Spoons, Holding Feet, and Moniscuity by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough A little background as to why I write sappy love stories!...
The Masked Grammarian by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough If you were a Superhero, who would you be?...
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News
 It's My Turn to Talk Blog by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough Interviews with Romance Characters...
Short Story Published by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough My story "Hope Chest" is featured among the stellar fiction in the Spring edition of New Works Review literary e-zine....
It's All About Me! by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough Author Joyce A. Anthony interviewed me for her blog. Please visit it to read more interviews with other fascinating writers and some great excerpts. (Link below)...
Little Lip Publications by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough Talent Spotlight...
New Interview Posted by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough Read my interview in the November issue of Violette Reid's monthly newsletter, "Peach Publishing."
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Behind the Fiction by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough "Murder, Muggings and Mayhem--and this is a romance?"...
Books for Soldiers by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough Something we all should do!...
Online Query Letter Seminar by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough As senior editor for Champagne Books, I'm one of the featured editors in this seminar at Dee Power and Brian Hill's web site....
Cue the band . . . by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough New Edition of True Blue Forever Coming from Authors Ink Books!...
New Romance Publisher Pops Its Cork by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough authors and fans, this is good news for you!...
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Links
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| Joyce's Blog
Random thoughts on writing and life. (Sorry, but I had to do it, folks. It's required in the IWannaBeAWriter contract!)
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Authors Ink Books
"People Before Profit"
Publisher of my first two novels.
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Author Lee Ann Ward's Website
Lee Ann is my writing partner, my literary sister, and my best friend.
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L & L Dreamspell
"What will it take to make your dreams come true?"
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Additional information
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| I've just contracted with L&L Dreamspell to publish my third novel, Symmetry.
Reading Group Guide and group discounts for True Blue Forever and Different Roads available by contacting the author at the address below.
Books ordered directly from me are PayPal verified.
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Contact
Information
joycescarbrough@yahoo.com P.O. Box 91897 Mobile
AL
36691
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