: About Me

Joyce Marie Taylor is a freelance writer and novelist  from the beautiful state of Florida.  One of Taylor's latest books, Dumala, has just been released and is available in paperback, as well as on Amazon's Kindle e-reader.  Dumala was co-written with Mike Mullis, a musical entertainer and first time author. Check out Mike Mullis at his website www.dothegatorchomp.com  for more information.

JUST RELEASED!  Rocky Road Love, a young adult coming of age/love story.

In addition to her novels, she has written various poetic works for Anthologies, which include, "America at the Millennium, The Best Poems and Poets of the 20th Century," and she was a featured poet in both the 2004 and 2005 "International Who's Who In Poetry." Additionally, she was awarded the honor of 2006 Poetry Ambassador. Her most recent poetic accomplishment is her poem "Hasty Words", which is included in "30 Days To Taming Your Tongue Workbook", by best-selling Christian author, Deborah Pegues.

There are more books on the horizon, so stay tuned!

Visit Taylor's website at www.joycemarietaylor.com  for more info and don't forget to sign her Guestbook!

My passion is ...

Writing

I know too much about ...

everything...and nothing

My parents always told me ...

Go read a book!

My childhood ambition ...

To grow up

My favorite memory ...

Publishing my first book

Why I write ...

I can't help it

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Everything

My first job ...

Flipping burgers

My best moment ...

Now

My inspiration ...

Life and the people within

Travel > Travel Diaries & Adventures (Other) Travel experiences: Best road-trip tales

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Stranded on an island! In the middle of a nor'easter! For a down-home, may-as-well-be-a-native Floridian, it was the opportunity of a lifetime for me when I was invited to spend an entire week at the Outer Banks. I've been to the Florida Keys numerous times, the Bahamas about four times, Acapulco once, and also on a weeklong Windjammer cruise from Grenada to Caracas, but I had never been to the Outer Banks. I had always wondered what all the hoopla was about when I heard people speak of this delicate chain of barrier islands off the North Carolina coast. What could possibly be the attracti...

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