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to My World...
Influenced by Trixie Belden and Robin Kane, I wrote my first book
at age 9 (a 10-page mystery), branched out in to romances at 14
(probably had something to do with the hormones) and actually published
my first article at 18. It was a biographical sketch of my great-great-great
grandfather.
After that, I never stopped, and I’ve written everything
from novels and short stories to biographical sketches, Bible studies,
short stories, novels, and nonfiction articles on a wide array of
topics.
These are just a few of the ones that have seen the light of day.
For samples of my writing, click on the Book Excerpts button on
the left.
Articles
- A
Murder Among Friends, Steeple Hill, 2007
- Secrets
of Confidence, Barbour Books, 2005
- “An Act of Desperation,” Chicken
Soup for the Caregiver’s Soul, HCI, 2004
- A
Moment with God for Single Parents, Dimensions for Living,
March 1999.
- Introductions, Nelson’s Royal Classics Series, Thomas
Nelson Publishers, Inc., 1999-2000. I wrote the biographical introductions
for the first ten books in the series, including:
- Introduction, Josephus:
The Complete Works, Thomas Nelson Publishers, Inc., 1998
Articles
- “Wait! I Can’t Shoot the Deputy! How Secondary Characters
Can Break Your Novel (and Keep It from Selling), Love Notes, January
2005.
- “Redeeming
Chick Lit,” Today’s Christian Woman, September/October
2004.
- “Uncommon Money,” College Bound, November 2004.
Sidebar
online.
- “Dirty
Little Secret,” Today’s Christian Woman, September/October
2003. (Also cited on the American Family Association website.)
- “Taken Hostage by the American Dream,” Home Life,
April 1998. Sidebar
quoted by the Joe Bauer website.
- “Rethinking Thanksgiving,” Home Life, November 1997
Special Education Today
I’ve written several articles over the past five years for
SET, including:
- “Before Disaster Strikes,” Special Education Today
(SET), Summer 2006
- “Through a Single Lens,” contracted column, 2000-2004
- “No One to Play With: Loneliness in Kids with Special
Needs,” Summer 2002
- “A Key to Sanity: Humor and Raising Special Needs Kids,”
Spring 2002
- “When Unthinkable Things Happen,” Fall 2001
- “Teaching the Mermaid to Swim,” Fall 2000
- “Childcare for Kids with Disabilities,” Summer 2000
- “Desperate for Respite: What Churches and Families Can
Do to Help,” Spring 2000
- “A Delicate Balance: Keeping Life in Perspective,”
Winter 1998-99
Scripts, Short Stories, Adaptations, and Other Media
- “Compassion’s Antihistamine,” 55 Flash Fiction,
Santa Maria Sun, 2003.
- Twelve sales training video scripts, Summit Learning Systems,
2002-2003
- “To
Strive for Perfection,” a biographical sketch of Keanu
Reeves
- “Pride
and Predator,” book review, A Closer Look, August 1997.
- Converted 250 devotionals from On This Day, by Robert Morgan,
into one-minute PSA radio spots, 1997
- Apex! A Christian science fiction magazine, 1992
- “Ring Around the Moon,” original script for CATV’s
Lifescene series, 1992.
- “Serendipity,”
short story, Autoduel Quarterly, Fall 1984.
- “Daddy’s
Girl,” short story, Autoduel Quarterly, Fall 1987.
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