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Writing gives me that outlet I need to get recognized and show my passion for it.
After writing a four-hundred and four-page novel and following with a mini-novel, I have come into a circle of like-minded friends in Helium.

Bay Minette has just been published,

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Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Pain in life: 8 of 62
While the conversation between Lara and Patricia continued heatedly, a few blocks away, Cindy was preparing to go to dinner and to the prom with Boyd Jamison. Boyd,coming from parents of very modest means, did not have a car, nor did he know how to drive for that matter. Cindy had borrowed her father's 1975 black Cadillac Bro... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Remembering my childhood: 8 of 40
Back during the time of my childhood, one could say that our neighborhood was "exclusively" a village. In 1959, I was five years old. My sisters and brothers were the proverbial "baby boomer's and I can remember when the threat of WW-III was looming over our heads. In my neighborhood, there was no where to hide. No shelters, ... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Vacations: 5 of 22
Summer for me, is like a sad, misty feeling as if it will never come again. It is my favorite time of the year, although to most, they complain wishing it was winter and when winter arrives, they complain and wish for summer again. Then it starts all over. You can never please everyone at one time. When I was a child, we neve... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Economy Assessing the issue of homelessness in the USA: 7 of 28
The homeless has a new face added to it today. It's not just about the Alcoholic, the bag lady, the veteran. It's about you and me, and the average Joe considering the interest rates homeowners must endure. America's economy, the crude oil prices , medical expenses are all contributors to the downfall of this great nation tha... More..
Health & Fitness > Surgery Neurosurgery from the patient's perspective: 3 of 9
My body had a mind of it's own. It did what it wanted to do, especially on it's left side. The football size length of our aesthetically white hallways of my workplace posed a problem for me. I felt like Atlas, holding up the world each time I took a personal break from my safe, comfortable customer service chair, leaning mys... More..
Arts & Humanities > 20th & 21st Century US History Living history: The Civil Rights movement through my eyes: 6 of 13
To this day it has been exactly forty years since the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr.,on April 4,1968, and the actions of The Civil Rights Movement has barely changed the hearts and minds of most of America.I was fourteen years old when I observed my mother and father's reaction when he was killed. I fel... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture Putting God first in your life: 60 of 115
As a very young woman, I leaned on my peers for life's' experiences,(running around getting tea totaled, driving drunk, smoking, cursing and swearing, partying and in general, just being stupid which could have led me up into a tragic situation. At one point, I leaned towards my own understanding and not the FATHER"S. But lit... More..
Relationships & Family > Cheating Spouses & Affairs Should you dump your husband for another married man?: 3 of 5
Yes, but allow me to explain: I can say with all honesty that I am involved with a married man, but I am not married. Technically, he isn't either. He is in the midst of a divorce. and not residing with her. She left him for a married man five years ago because he has settled down from his younger days and she does not like ... More..
Entertainment > Movies (Other) Top 10 movies with titles beginning with "B", and what makes them so good: 5 of 7
I know of a few great movies that began with the letter "B". But my novel/drama which is entitled "Bay Minette." will hopefully get to be among those I have listed below.I am hoping to get the book published this year and present it to the general public with a book signing and to be invited to appear on the talk shows. I am ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Sexism in American politics: 11 of 15
My mother taught her daughters to be submissive to their men when married, and their men in turn support the family by working and providing the essentials. There in turn comes the sign of the times where both parents worked to provide for the family, I my opinion that does not mean that a woman should lead the men and women ... More..