Sorry for the long absence. Life has been just crazy lately.
I went to a great seminar the last weekend in May by Dusty Richards. For those of you who aren't familiar with Dusty or his work, he is one of the most successful western writers of our time. He has published more than eighty novels.
I'm a presenter at the Arkansas Writers Conference this coming weekend in Little Rock. The AWC is sponsored by the Arkansas Pen Women.
April 9, 2008
I'm making a presentation on my book to the Sherwood branch of the Arkansas Spinal Cord Injury Association on Thursday, April 17th at 12 noon. The meeting will be held in the conference room at St. Vincent Infirmary Health Center in Sherwood, Arkansas.
April 4, 2008
Thursday April 3rd was an exciting night for us in Central Arkansas. I understand the National Weather Service says there were 8 tornadoes in Arkansas that night.
We heard the tornado sirens go off and ran for the basement shop which is only accessible from outside the house. It was pouring rain and the air had an eerie feeling about it. Raymond put his key in the lock of the door and it broke off. Fortunately there was enough key left for him to go back inside and grab a pair of needle nose pliers to pull the remains of the key out of the lock so I could put my key in.
We found out later that a close friend of ours was watching one of the local weather channels and was announcing that people on our street should take cover immediately. He tried to call us, but we were already in the basement.
We learned the next morning that one of the tornados had struck Cammack Village in central Little Rock, had gone back up in the clouds when it hit the Arkansas River and came back down again and scored a direct hit on the North Little Rock Airport which is about 2 miles from our house. So while we were standing there trying to get in the door, the tornado was going right over our heads in the clouds. We didn't hear it or see it.
So, thankfully I'm still here to talk to you and we had not so much as plastic trash can overturned.
March 2008
Happy Spring! We've had almost every type of weather you can imagine in Arkansas this March. It's been crazy!
My booksigning at Sleuth's Mystery Bookstore went well. I'm going to be doing a booksigning at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences bookstore sometime either in late April or early May.
I have started research for my second book. I decided I would alternate between writing fiction and non-fiction books. I've started the research for a western novel. I'll keep you posted.
February 2008
Sorry for the long absence. I broke my hip in October. It's healed nicely. Then the holiday season. Then editing my husband's upcoming book Freehome. Then the flu. And it's already February!
December 2007
Winner, Fiction Writers of Central Arkansas Contest 2007 "How FWCA Has Improved My Life"
November 2007
I've got some really exciting news!
My first book, A Complete Plain-English Guide to Living with a Spinal Cord Injury: Valuable Information from a Survivor, is now available.
If you would like to read more about the book and look inside the Table of Contents, look at my website www.livingwithspinalcordinjury.com. It is available in hardback or softcover.
It is available through iUniverse:
http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-45864-5
And on www.Amazon.com:
Softcover
The book is also available in hardcover from www.Amazon.com
Also check www.booksamillion.com and www.bn.com. If you are outside the United States, look at www.Amazon.ca, www.Amazon.co.uk, www.Amazon.fr, or www.Amazon.de.