My first book was Fate, Chance or Divine Design. It is a series of vignettes of the people I worked with at an alcohol treatment center, some patients, some staff members, plus information about alcoholism and chemical dependency: how recovery works and why it sometimes doesn't. The seed for writing this book was planted years earlier when a co-worker and I were laughing about the antics of one of our patients. I commented that I should write a book and title it ATC: Fruits, Nuts and Vegetables I've Known and Loved. When I began writing this book my idea was to make it a series of funny stories. While some of them are funny, the book evolved into something more than a humerous read, so I decided to find a different title. Hindsight tells me it might have been better to stay with the original title.

My next book was a novel, loosely based on a great aunt of mine, who was our family black sheep. Belle: Rebel In Red Silk was pure fun to write. At the risk of sounding like a kook, it felt like Belle was doing some of the dictating. The first two pages are true, and will offer insight into my fascination with her. With one small exception the book is pure fiction. You'll have to read the book, then contact me if you want to know what the other true part is. :)

Now I'm working on another book, but I'll tell you more about that in my next entry.

Both my books are on Amazon, or can be purchased from the publishers: Outskirts Press.com or Eloquentbooks.com, or directly from me.