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January 2026 Photo by  Tim Mossholder  on  Unsplash Resolutions! Have you made your resolutions yet? This year will be full of excitement and wonder. Sometimes, I wonder what will be next in my author career. I know that the resolutions we set sometimes do not come to fruition. We often say we ought to… and we will… statements but the future is something that we can not predict.   However, it is good to have goals with the expectation that you may or may not complete them, bu

This month has been so much fun minus some health issues. I was supposed to go to an event but that did not happen. It is important that health comes first.   So, this month, I focused on looking over the draft illustrations for an upcoming book about bullying. Book 13 is in motion with the illustrator providing the draft for myself and another author to look over. We are both in the process of checking over the illustrations.   In addition, I have been busy with at the begin

November 2025 I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Today, I want to share about “thankfulness”.   T- Thankful - I am thankful to God and my family for allowing me to share my stories to so many children. H- Happy – I am happy that I have been able to write so many books, make a difference in the lives of children, and to have provided books to increase “literacy, learning, and legacy.” A-Amazed - I am always amazed at so many different authors I have met. It             

What a crazy couple of weeks! Due to health issues, I had to cancel my book festival in South Carolina. I was not too happy but when health comes, you must answer. I was supposed to be in Greer, S.C. for a Fall Book Festival and at Hub City in Spartanburg, S.C. In addition, I was going to do some genealogy in the area where my ancestors came from, and some relatives live there.   Then, I had the opportunity to participate in an author visit to Jones Elementary in Jones, OK. I

September 2025 This month has been winding down with book events. I chose to not do events in August because it was so hot. The last...

August 2025 This month I had the opportunity to attend a Kiwanis Club meeting in a local area near me. I met the president of the club...

September 2024 ​I am happy once again this second year to be participating locally in the Creative Writing Division Competition of the...

September 2024 It was a busy day, Friday, Sept. 6th, 2024, as I was nervously awaiting my turn to read two upcoming unpublished...

February 2025 The best medicine for stressful days is in fact laughing at yourself, laughing at a show you watched on television, or even...

June 2025 This month has been very busy for me with participating in three podcast interviews by two different authors and another...