Maria, raised in the Mafia and educated by the gangs of New York, is hunting the man who killed her Akalina, and she will kill anyone who gets in her way.
Mack's friends suggested he visit a quaint town in Washington State called Leavenworth, but they had an ulterior motive—a motive that resulted him agreeing to help one of their friends track down her missing sister. That led him to the remote small t
Poetry has been a part of my life since I was in my early teens. I write because I live, love and thrive on expressing myself in prose. Please join me as I write of the many moods and thoughts that fill my mind with poetry.
Background
Information
I have always expressed myself through words. The first time a major event happened in my life, I turned to pen and paper to pour out the feelings I was dealing with. I had a wonderful English teacher who encouraged me to write; she motivated me to do my very best, encouraging me at every turn. I have been published over fifty times in books, newspapers, magazines, anthologies and I am currently writing my first novel. Joy Hale
Birth Place
Franklin Square, L.I., NY United States
Accomplishments
Two wonderful children.
Several ministries I developed and taught.
A school I opened called the "Joy of Modeling Finishing Academy" where it was my pleasure to teach approximately 250,000 students over the years.
Close association with a Pyscholigist, where I learned to help mistreated and abused teens, then putting this knowledge to work in specially designed classes in my school.
My school received accreditation from the Texas Education Agency less than six months after an application and study ciriculum that I sent them. The only school of its kind in south Texas to have done so.
Poet of Merit Award. 2001
Poems published in eight Anthologies and two books.
Freelance writer with my work appearing in newspapers, magazines, church bulletins, books and other venues.