I am still writing. I am doing my best to make sure that all I am is in my words and I can come across as I should through my poems and stories. I recieve so much encouragement and support from everyone and I appreciate all the feedback and reviews that I recieve.

At the moment I am working on two short stories an editing my novel still. That is such a chore. But if I'm to get it published then I must do what I must. And ofcourse I say that the other two are short stories, but I can begin it that way and then next thing I know I have another novel on my hands needing to be edited. But that's ok. If I have it inside of me then it needs to come out. I do have some great stories in there. Lots of experiences. I have turned in some poems to magazines and as far as I know I am going to be published in the Borderlands: Texas Poetry Magazine and an emagazine through poetrysociety.org. There are two other magazines also.I have two more anthologies coming out. One will be out in March 03, the other in the summer. I have a small chapbook coming out in the Frith Press. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is a small book of just my poetry. It will be in the Frith Press Magazine.
My work can also be seen on www.stories.com, I have an email through them also, NADUAHMARIE@stories.com.
I believe that you should be able to get to me through www.stories.com/NADUAHMARIE. IT'S A GREAT SITE FOR WRITERS. But my favorite remains www.authorsden.com/naduahmarie. I have 26 poems up there now. I just wrote two more that I recieved high reviews on. "You Walked Away" & "My Fairy Tale". One of my favorites is, "Why". The picture I chose for it is beautiful also. But if I say so myself, my best work is in "I Wait For You", Shall I Succumb To Deaths Call", "You Walked Away", "The Mighty Naconi" & "The Wilderness Song". Let me know what you all think of those ones.
I'm trying to put a name together for the Poetry book that I am going to have published. I have been looking at my poems and trying to find a similarity in them. So far all I've come up with is "My Hearts Treasure". What do you think???

I am also job hunting right now. I applied at the New Braunfels Childrens Shelter, it would be nights but that's ok, those kids who are unwanted and abused need as many people as they can get who will care about them. I am also looking in other places. I didn't want to put all my eggs in one basket, so to speak. I need the money. Craig works so hard and he needs the help, so being an at home mom isn't going to get to be a priority right now. They are good well rounded girls though and I guess they can deal without me for an hour or two a day.

I hope that everyone has a great holiday and that it is a safe one too. Take care in your travels and I hope it is all you want it to be. God be with you.
Merry Christmas!!
Love To All,
Rhonda
A big hello from Craig and the girls to all too!!