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The Book

All it Takes is One

August 6, 2010

The Honored Role Series will return next week. Writing is a solitary act, but publishing is a team effort. The journey from paper or computer screen to an actual book is a long and circuitous one. It is hard work and it is a process, one in which emotions modulate like a sine wave. During [...]

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Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Stories – Porcelain on Steel Now Available

June 8, 2010

Today is an important day; Porcelain on Steel: Women of West Point’s Long Gray Line is officially released. While writing is a solitary act, publishing requires a team effort. Bringing this book to life was a six-year journey during which many supported me. It came to fruition thanks to many friends, family members, mentors and [...]

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Fold of the Bright-Eyed—Athena Explained

April 20, 2010

Pallas Athena, the beautiful Greek goddess of war and wisdom, combines the martial and the feminine. A provocative mating of seemingly opposite yet related attributes highlights the power and grace explored in the myths of Athena. This juxtaposition of strength and femininity makes Athena the choice for the cover of Porcelain on Steel.

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Fortis to Publish Porcelain on Steel

February 22, 2010

Porcelain on Steel: Women of West Point Long Gray Line is being published by Fortis Publishing and will be available in May 2010! I am thrilled and honored to be working with Fortis co-founders Dennis Lowery and Jim Zumwalt. It’s ironic that a Navy and Marine veteran respectively are making this book a reality. Frankly, [...]

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Be careful what you wish for

October 14, 2009

How often have we heard the saying, “be careful what you wish for, it just might come true”? Earlier this month when I learned that John Quinones, co-anchor of ABC News “Primetime” and author of Heroes Among Us: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Choices, was scheduled to speak at the Park City Friends of the Library Luncheon, [...]

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Isn’t Porcelain Fragile?

September 29, 2009

It’s an epic battle of biblical proportions in writing. A title is the first impression a writer makes. The few words of a title are as important as the work itself. If the title does not capture the reader in the first few seconds, no connection is made and the reader may never pick up [...]

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