The Apple Tree Blossoms in The Fall, is the life journey of Carineh - a child, a teenager, a wife, a mother, but most of all a woman of purpose. From stories of her parents held-up by bandits; the white donkey gifted by Khomeini; her father's death f
Soldier's Gap is a non-traditional mystery with literary elements. The high school principal is brutally murdered, but Deputy Sheriff Dave Jenkins's search for meaning and love is a much more significant theme.
"Murder isn't usually this fun
Traveler, photographer, writer, painter. The hats are many. My writer’s chapeau is fairly new-others well-worn. All are treasured.
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My writer’s chapeau is the most recent participant in the Easter parade. Each day, I type diligently adding new feathers and ribbons to the hat’s design. As the hat becomes more glamorous,my hope is that the reading public will become fans. Life has given me the special titles of wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, nurse, homemaker, friend. Growing a large family provided a wealth of inspiration for story ideas. My interests seem to always lean toward short stories, factual life experiences, short essays or opinions, and often, some poetry of questional value or worthy of publication. As a frequent traveler and observer of people and situations, my camera and pen are in constant operation. I have self-published six books on Amazon Kindle and preparing a seventh. This will be a compilation of almost two hundred acrostic poems I penned over the past few years.
Accomplishments
"A Life Well Loved"-autobiographical short story published in the Chicken For the Soul"Hope and Miracles" book.
"Apples, Pumpkins, or Manure"-short story-3rd place in Creative Writing Institute’s Short Story Contest.
"ABC Misery"-short story-honorable mention in Creative Writing Institute's Short Story Contest.
"Raggie"-Short story-Honorable Mention in the Missouri Writer’s Guild Fiction for Children Contest.
"Now is the Time"-Second place in the poetry category in the 2008 Writers-Editors Network 28th Annual International Writing Competition.
"Dial Up or Scribble"-Victim's Choice"-Honorable Mention in the Writers’ Weekly 24 hour short story contest.
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