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_Who I Am:
A former librarian turned freelance writer and editor.  An eclectic scholar with degrees in classical studies, drama, library science, and organizational communication. I am committed to the concept of “Everyman Theatre,” bringing Christ’s message to the world via good storytelling, whether it is in the form of novels,  plays, or puppet theatre.  I  share my Mississippi home with my retired parents and an every-changing assortment of adopted stray cats. 


Please take a look around my site and use my "Contact Me" form to let me know what you think!  You can find pictures of all my feline pals along the way and use the available links to purchase my books.  Happy reading!

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NEW TITLES Available from Kindle & Amazon!

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The Power of Story: Using good storytelling to make a lasting impression

From the days of living in caves, man has presented a whole lot more than “just the facts” when talking about anything going on in the world. Even in those pictures painted in the dark, deep inside the caves of Europe and elsewhere, man was telling a story, for the artists did not only illustrate the hunt, they created a pictorial narration of what went on...
     The storyteller has been revered since long before we could read and write for just this reason. It was the storyteller, the bard, who kept traditions alive from one generation to the next. Their stories not only entertained; they educated. They gave us, as a people, a center and an identity. It was the storytellers, traveling from town square to village green, from stage to campfire, who told the stories that kept us connected—to one another, to our past, and to our future...And if you think the importance of story has been lost over the centuries, then you haven’t attended a John Grisham book-signing event or waited in line at an opening of a new Star Wars movie…!

AND COMING SOON...


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The Power of Story II: Using research to add reality to your story

For writers of stories, research is NOT an option—even when writing fiction. Why not? Because research is the thing that puts reality into a story, allowing your readers to participate in the “suspension of disbelief” we, as storytellers, need for our stories to work.
     The old adage from an early writing instructor who said, “Write what you know,” is simply incomplete. What you must remember is how you know what you know can vary with what you’re writing. Stories are certainly quicker and easier to write if our characters work at a job we’ve had or live in a city in which we’ve lived, but that doesn’t mean we can’t ever write about what we don’t know right this minute, as long as we do the research first, so we do know it, before we write the story.
Albert Camus once wrote, “Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.” I couldn’t agree more, but it is critical to get the facts right within the lie so as to capture and keep the attention of our readers. It really is all about the details, because if you get the details wrong, you could lose your audience...



Also available from Amazon.com:

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The Cat & Mac Mysteries, Volume I
Mac is a Seattle police detective turned private eye; Cat is a Pioneer Square gallery manager with a secret. Together, they make the perfect team. Follow the adventures of Cat and Mac as they race against time to solve a murder in Eyewitness, find a missing woman in Vanished, avoid assassination in Ambush, and stop a madman from living out a deadly fantasy in Darkness.

Each episode is also available separately from Kindle.


Words To Love By
Sometimes people just connect. That is the way librarian Kate Murray feels when she meets Maggie McCallum, a lonely, troubled young teen. And when she meets the girl’s father, Dr. Michael McCallum, Kate fears she may fall hard for them both. But there is a mystery to the McCallums: a missing mother and wife, whose death left both daughter and husband heavily burdened with guilt. It takes a shared interest in Shakespearean theater, a horrendous thunderstorm, and a willingness to let go of the past for these three to finally become a family.



The Stars of Dreams
Jane Warren is content to write and publish her science fiction, but her fantasies become reality when the real bad guys decide she knows more than she should about life beyond Earth’s atmosphere...





The Stars of Home 
Prequel to The Stars of Dreams
Kitianna Tomar has realized her dream of  flying solo for the Fleet on the fringes of the Commonwealth, but when her tiny ship is hit by an unknown disturbance, she barely manages to land  on a primitive world the natives call Earth, where the most advanced technologies are the telegraph and steam-powered engines...




Derry's Hope
Earth’s ambassador to Idoraa, John Derry, must flee for his life when there is a terrorist uprising, and when his friend, Elder L’tai, is murdered, Derry rescues his daughter, Taera, and escapes to the Terran embassy. But what is a welcome escape for Derry, is a frightening, uncertain future for his new ward...
(Now also available in e-book from Amazon.)




Voices in the Night (Paranormal)
Can you imagine being awakened in the middle of the night by clamoring voices—that are actually inside your head? Finding a strange doctor at the vet’s office who really can “talk” to your cat? And this same Dr. “Studly” can come into your head, too? Well, actually the last part turns out to be not so bad...
(Now also available in e-book from Amazon.)
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3 of 6: Clarence, Puss, & Jack
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Stripe (2000-2018)


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