I’m a Southern woman born in Kentucky and tempered by years in the North. I wanted to be a writer all my life and didn’t see any reason to change my mind as the years rolled on.

Who knew short stories were so fun! Take a gander at my growing number of short stories. Then watch for my soon to be released novel. All my work is full of murder, criminal activity, mystery, churches, Baby Boomers, kids, crazy people, normal people acting funny, and a few odd relatives. (If you think I'm talking about you, I am.)
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Oh, and I make jewelry inspired by characters or places in my stories. Buy some for yourself, your  wife, daughter or mother's birthday. Then read the stories that inspired the jewelry. 

My Writing

What's Happening
“The First Barbecue in Memphis”

"The Yellow Fever Revenge" necklace

"Gummies"
won second place in Short Story Land competition. Marijuana smuggling was never so much fun.

Story in spring literary journal "Backchannels”

"HOW WE BECAME METHODISTS" will appear in the spring 2020 issue of the quarterly literary journal, Backchannels.  Told through the eyes of his older sister, this humorous story finds a boy with a pocketful of firecrackers at a church he and his family don't particularly like. They attend to please their grandmother. The boy finds an income opportunity at Sunday School, and, well, all hell breaks loose.  On this Sunday, family traditions are blown up by a hot sanctuary,  sharp-tongued parishioners, and lots of fireworks. | www.backchannelsjournal.net/

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I'm always interested in my readers, what they think about my characters, the stories I tell and the jewelry I make . If you've read my writing or bought the jewelry and want to leave a review, please do!
Cover design by Lynn Maples | Online Portfolio

 Coming Soon
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The first in the “Sterling Brothers Ltd.” series featuring Madeline Sterling, Socrates Gray and a host of other characters.

​The series begins with a lynching in Crossville, Georgia in 1965 that a team of four young investigators must unravel.

Once they solve it, their evidence is locked away until convictions are possible in Southern courtrooms.  The mission of their employer, Justice Tomorrow, creates a host of powerful enemies.

Sterling, Gray, his younger brother nicknamed Silver, and a new agent Tom Martin have enemies enough in Georgia. Worse, they have demons of their own to fight. 

Sterling , for example, just returned from a mission that left her traumatized and seeing things that aren’t there. She longs for normal life in a pretty town like Crossville and a caring husband like Tom Martin.

Across town Gray and his brother organize a civil rights boycott of Crossville. Among other things Gray hopes the boycott will keep his only brother from joining a violent movement.

The agents find solving the lynching case was the easy part. Getting out alive will be hard.




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