Looking a lot like Christmas

Well, It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Today my daughter remembered the story I wrote about the Christmas Elf named Alliwishus. She asked if I had sent it off lately because she thinks it is a super story that others, outside our family, would enjoy as well. It is the story my mother told me about an elf she met on the battle field of France during WWII. She was a nurse on a hospital train on the way to the Battle of the Bulge. I told her I had sent it off to an agent and would continue sending it. It meant a lot to me that she remembered that story.

Alliwishus looks a lot like this elf sitting in our tree. That's where he listens to the prayers of those whom the Master has entrusted to his charge -- in the tree outside their bedroom windows.  That's what my mama told me.

We're having lots of fun with the grandchildren. George, our oldest grandson, thought he needed a tree.






I've been traveling a lot with a great schedule of events. Kathie Bennett of Magic Time Literary Agency has been my greatest asset -- my publicist.  While you always hope for a good crowd at your event, Kathie makes the point that getting your name and your book before the public is always a major reason for participating wherever you might go. At SIBA I was told of one author who attended an event where only 2 people showed up. He took them out for supper.

This is the lineup. If you're nearby, please come!

SIBA	Panel by Invitation
Book Launch for Swimming with Serpents	Speaker
Ladies Auxilliary St. Andrews Bay Yacht Club	Speaker
Books Alive Local Authors	Keynote
Public Radio	Guest
PC Writers Guild	Keynote
Supply Store U of A Auburn/Alabama	Book Signing
Beach Library Bag Lunch Author event	Keynote
Hub city Books	Book Signing
Fiction Addiction	Keynote
Blue Bicycle	Book Signing
Something's Cookin'	Book Signing
Bay Point Woman's Club	Keynote
Wilcox County Historical Society	Keynote
Panama City Genealogical society	Keynote
Chatauqua	Faculty Speaker
Litchfield Books	Keynote
Alabama Historical Society	Member
Southern Kentucky Festival	Panel by Invitation
Daughters of the American Revolution	Speaker
South Carolina Book Festival	Panel by Invitation
Florida Historical society	Member
Georgia historical Society	Member
Historical Novel Society	Panel by Invitation
NEST OF VIPERS IS RELEASED	Events to be announced