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I won’t take much front page space talking about myself, but here are THREE words that might help you know me better:

1. Observer. I’m fascinated by what’s happening around me. And I often have an opinion! It’s this aspect that motivates what I often share on my Facebook page—personal insights, life lessons, current events, writing techniques, answers to questions from folks, silly stuff, random ramblings, and serious matters.

2. Writer.  My writing flows out of what I’ve experienced, and who I am. (Plus extensive research!) I’m the author of five novels.

3. Survivor! I feel fortunate to have survived my harsh background in Fundamental Christianity. Because of the rigid teaching of my faith, I spent years seeking to change my sexual orientation. I’m grateful to have survived that experience; I have dear friends who did not, and took their own life as an escape.
   Also, I’m a cancer survivor who is once again confronted with the disease.

These days, I’m retired, living outside Dallas with my husband and our skittish rescue mutt, Brody.

That’s me…in a nutshell.
(Those who know me will affirm that the operative word is...nut!)

By the way, if you’re interested, there’s an expanded version of my bio.

Sow the Wind, Reap the Whirlwind, my first novel, was published nearly 20 years ago.

It holds a special place because it takes place in my hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, during a turbulent, transitional period of history, when I was also a youth minister at a Southern Baptist Church.
I love this story, and the people who inhabit it.

When my publisher went out of business a few years ago, and the manuscript was turned over to me, I saw it as an opportunity to fix some typos that’d been pointed out to me over the years
(I think they breed at night!).
And I wanted to do some “tweaking.”
Not change the story itself, just some…modifications.

When I began the updates, I was intrigued…and saddened…that so much of what was happening back in 1975—the setting of this story—is still prevalent today. Racism. Poverty. Church scandals. Police shootings of innocent black people. Homophobia.

Like one of my main characters, I’m also still convinced that only love and light can overcome these persistent expressions of hate of darkness.

Regarding the “alterations,” I polished some scenes for clarity and impact, and a few nonessential ones were removed. In selected instances, the presence and participation of characters was increased.
Again, the primary story was not changed!

Finally, I decided to re-work the ending.
More precisely, I wanted to insert the original final scene I’d written.

Clarification: When the book was published, it had a different ending. It wasn’t a cliffhanger, but it was more…open-ended. I thought it was satisfying, especially since I had in mind writing a follow-up book.
That didn’t happen.

With this revised edition, my original ending has been integrated.
It gives the reader (and the main character) a conclusive depiction of what happened next.

I like to think these revisions make the story better.
(Though I don’t claim objectivity.)

I’m proud of the Second Edition of Sow the Wind, Reap the Whirlwind.
The e-book is available for purchase on my Amazon Author page

For a more detailed description, use the link on the Books tab.

Click HERE to read the first three chapters.

BTW, if you’d like to know more about this revised, expanded edition, I direct you to my Brain Bubble blog post where I address the motivation, the process, and the results I hoped to accomplish.