Archived news of speaking engagements, contest wins, and release information.
- Southern Fried Wiccan has finaled in the young adult category of the Launching a Star contest sponsored by Spacecoast Authors of Romance! (12/07)
- My 3-part editorial, Egyptian Myths in Harry Potter, has been published on Mugglenet.com. Check out each of the three parts (7/07):
Harry of the Two Ways
The Contendings of Harry and Voldemort
Harry's Sacred Egyptian Triangle.
- Along with several other authors from The Plot Thickens ... Harry Potter Investigated by Fans for Fans,
I will be answering questions for the month of June 2007 at Barnes and Noble's Waiting For Harry Book Club Boards.
- I will be presenting Writing With Magic (for Muggles) and Seeking Egyptian Myths in Harry Potter at
Sectus, an Unofficial Harry Potter Conference, July 19-22, 2007 in London, England.
- On Grandma's Porch
has been released! I hope you enjoy my memories of "Grandma's Cupboards" in this great collection of
heart-warming Southern stories. (6/07)
- I will be presenting Writing With Magic (for Muggles) with Pam Ahearn at The Fourth Annual Writers’ Jubilee Jambalaya and Book Fair April 14, 2007 in Huoma, Louisiana
- Foreign Wives Club recently finaled in the mainstream category of the Marlene Contest sponsored by Washington Romance Writers! (3/07)
- Illegally Yours recently finaled in the Great Expectations contest sponsored by North Texas RWA! (2/07)
- One Last Memory; published as a Featured Editorial on Mugglenet.com; February 2007
- Writing with Magic (for Muggles); to be presented as an online workshop in March 2007 for Heart of Carolina Romance Writers.
- Started a blog on my other passion--healthy eating. Check out TurkishDiet at Blogspot.com; August 2006.
- Writing with Magic (for Muggles) presented at RWA National Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, July 2006.
- Speaker for The Witching Hour Symposium 2005 in Salem, MA, presenting "The Chamber of Thoth and the Hall of Records: Ancient Egyptian Legends and Harry Potter.
- Papers presented at Accio UK 2005 at the University of Reading, UK, "From Online to Paperback: The Making of The Plot Thickens" and "Geomancy and Alchemy in Harry Potter.
- Finalist in the 2005 Book of Your Heart contest, sponsored by the Published Authors Special Interest Chapter, with The Foreign Wives Club.
- Workshop speaker at the Romance Writer's Association National Conference in Dallas July 2004 on "Conflicts of Myth: How to Use Classical Conflicts in a Contemporary Novel."
- First and second place winner in the 2004 Lories Best Proposal Contest from a published author with Bridging the Bosphorus and The Artemis Key as judged by Susan Pezzack at MIRA.
- Speaker at Duel on the Delta Regional Writers' Conference, March 2002, in Memphis, Tennessee.
- Winner of the 2001 Winning Beginnings Contest, historical category, with Sinfully Delicious, as judged by Alicia Condon at Dorchester Publishing.
- Second Place Winner of the 2001 Merritt Contest, historical category, with Sinfully Delicious, as judged by Micki Nuding at Avon Romance.
