When fifteen year old Jordan Booker’s parents die in an accident, he and his little sister are sent to live with their aunt in the middle of nowhere. He thinks his bizarre aunt and the broken down house are the craziest things that will ever happen to him. Then he discovers a dusty laboratory and an old man’s journal in a hidden shed. They lead him to artifacts that are unlike anything he’s ever seen. While he is still trying to put the pieces together, a time capsule sends him back in time to a world that defies everything he learned in history class. The ancient world looks more like an alien planet than an earth of long ago.

Jordan must learn to survive in a foreign landscape of stinging trees, multi-eyed birds, miniature dinosaurs, and hostile natives. If he doesn’t find his way back home, his little sister Emily will be alone with their cruel aunt forever. Worse, the Oldtimers who built the capsule have brought him into the past so he can save the future, and he has no idea what they want him to do. A young wolf pup becomes his best friend, and together they learn the true value of friendship, acceptance, and family. 

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UALR's Quills and Pixels released their latest publiction last fall.  I am pleased that my essay, Walking Home, was the opening essay in the collection.  This journey essay is filled with personal memories.

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I have several fiction manuscripts keeping me up at night.  The one screaming the loudest is a mixture of voodoo spells and comedy with a strong collection of characters who are fast becoming great friends.  When the proposal is complete, my focus will shift to the next in a long list of novels waiting to be written. 

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I have been making small things for as long as I can remember. Crafting things out of bits of string, wire, sticks, or clay. But after a divorce that left me emotionally and financially bruised and insecure, I needed to build something big. Really big.

My kids and I made an unconventional decision in order to rebuild our family. We needed a place to call home, a place where we would all feel safe.  So we built one.

We relied on YouTube videos and hardware store advice to frame windows, run pipes, and pour concrete. It didn't take long for us to realize we were in over our heads. We were an unusual but determined construction crew.

With our own hands we built the foundation between storms of ice and sleet.  Despite a tornado that blew by across the street, we raised the walls and the roof.  When it was 110 degrees, we stapled fiberglass insulation and climbed scaffolding until the heat overwhelmed us. Building our home was the most difficult thing we had ever done.  But it was also the most empowering event of our lives

—I've completed a full proposal along with two sample chapters for this adult nonfiction.

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