Showcasing My Craft

April 2025

I had a blast working at an author booth at Tinker Air Force Base Exchange. Since this is the Month of the Military Child, I like to celebrate this month by doing venues that relate to this theme. Like I said in previous blog posts, you must find your niche. Since I was in the military at one time, my children were also exposed to me doing my duty to the Air Force, and duty to country while having a family which included duty to my family. I have authored several books that relate to this month to include “Did You Come Home for Lunch?”, “Living on a Military Base,” and a future military book coming this year. 

​​My next venue was attending an Author Showcase at Belle Isle Library in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. At this event, there were over 20 authors or more highlighting their books and genre with over 175 people attending. Another author friend, Makenzi Fox, was in attendance. We both write children’s books. I also got to meet up with many other author friends from Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, authors that I have done events with, and a publisher that I hope to sign on with this year to publish another military book.

I also had the opportunity to find some cool books that I have read called, “Bus Stop Buddies” (https://a.co/d/fCYw4cv) which was at Amy Le’s table and another book, “Billy Bob Flybottom” (https://a.co/d/3rF3Avl) by Susan Kite. These are enjoyable books to read. I would encourage you to pick up a copy of both these books.

My next venue is Month of the Military Child event at the OKC Zoo. I look forward to participating in this event for military children. Then, this month, I will be recording “Eli’s Shenanigans” on another Indie Read Aloud, will be a guest on a podcast about trauma and triumph, and am currently collaborating with an illustrator on my newest book for this year. Finally, I will be in an upcoming magazine and another author who is also a publisher will interview me in June.