Oh yay! I’m on the last day of my writers’ retreat and feeling very proud of my accomplishments. I’ve worked diligently on Quill & Feathers and I’ve expanded Carl’s role in this novel. I’ve also added several poems from Caroline, Bethany Lynn, and the others who share my joy in poetry. It’s exciting to see the characters bloom under my touch and I’m eager to discover what they have in store for me. Thanks for following my progress–I promise to share more soon!

Update on the Quill & Feathers novel…I just finished tweaking one of the Kneeknocker Jim (Tales from the Swamp) stories, and I can’t stop grinning. He certainly is a character–and a fan favorite if I’m any judge of the typical audience reaction when I share one of his stories at a book reading. I feel a kinship with him–back to my roots? I do, after all, live in a swamp!

Greetings to my Faithful Five and welcome any Newcomers to my website. I’m so pleased that I have arrived in my future. Now, if I can keep doing this on a regular basis–who knows what I will accomplish.

Looking back, I see that I reached my goal of finishing the fourth novel in the All Her Visions series (Shifting Visions went live in October), and—drum roll, I am now the proud author of five novels, two books of poetry, and one illustrated children’s book! Not too shabby if I do say so.

Looking forward, I expect to see Quill & Feathers published this fall. It’s turning into another novel, but with an interesting twist as it contains numerous short stories and poetry from the writers’ group introduced in Shifting Visions. I’m also going to include original art from the Brantley County Art Association of which I’m a happy member.

With all that’s going on, I’m amazed that I am planning to lead several writing workshops as well as boost my internet presence with help from tech minded friends. I will soon be posting audio readings of some of my poetry and selections from my novels.

Exciting times entice me to get busy and stop flapping my jaws! I hope you’ll enjoy my efforts to entertain with words. Watch for the next announcement of my progress.

I completely forgot to announce publication of my latest novel…oh, my! The 4th book in the All Her Visions series went live on Amazon.com last month. Shifting Visions joins the other three novels to complete the series I didn’t know I would write. What fun! Start with All Her Visions and enjoy the ride. Thanks for your interest!

Howdy Y’all! I’ve been visited by a “novel” idea–heh, heh. I want to create a new edition of Dreamtime, the collection of adolescent poetry published in early 80s. The limited edition is not available for sale with my other books, so I thought…hmmmm, what about a do-over? Then I thought about adding artwork to illustrate the poems or to just add interest to the book. I have invited numerous artist friends to submit selections for inclusion in the new edition. Then I thought about other folks I don’t know who might be interested in submitting art for the book. Yay! Win win. So here’s an open invitation to submit your art for inclusion in my book of poetry. You retain all rights to your art. I’ll simply include it in the book, credit you as the artist, and I’m thinking I’ll include a listing of artists with contact info (on approval) in case there’s an interest in buying your work. Again–it’s a win win, so give it a chance, and submit.

More specifics–the poetry is about teenage love and nature. I welcome butterflies, birds, trees, flowers, ocean, pond, rivers, and any kind of water feature. I also have a few odd poems such as the one about the dark place, and the demons fighting in a cave, stocking issues, and dogs. Nature is the prominent feature. If you want more direction, email me at brickyard1800@yahoo.com and I’ll be happy to consult with you.

Let’s get going!

Does it?

Recently lost my best friend, companion, advisor, confidante. It feels like this…

Haunting Visions is complete and now available in kindle edition or on paperback through amazon.com. I’m so happy that I made my self imposed September deadline. Thanks to some special folks whose assistance proved invaluable, I have managed to publish the 3rd novel of the All Her Visions series. Whew.

Now I’m getting started on book four…heh, heh. Did you really think Jessie’s story was over? And what about extremely p-r-e-g-g-o Cindy? Ahhh, the stories I could tell–and will!

Haunting Visions, the newest novel of the All Her Visions series, is going through final proofing as I write this! Just a few more endless days and sleep deprived nights before I can announce novel three is available for purchase! Hang on Faithful Five. We’re nearly there!

My newest novel, Haunting Visions is about to be released and I can barely stand the suspense. Looking at early September for publication on Amazon. It’s the third novel in the All Her Visions series and sees Jessie coping with her confusing status– is she a 9/11 widow or not? Answers are just a few weeks away.

By the way, book four is moving forward…happy dance!