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I earned a doctorate in industrial-organizational psychology that has afforded me many opportunities to learn how all kinds of interesting people help make the world go around. Many of these heart-warming and heart-aching experiences continue to influence my writing. My previous fiction publications include a poetry book called The Nightshade Lexicon, short stories (Love’s Luck in the anthology It's in Her Kiss, Peaches for Honey in Christmas Medley, A Lone Star in The Texas Collection), and the lesbian romance novels A Walk Away, Catch to Release, and Playing With Matches published by Affinity Rainbow Publications. I have also published a creative non-fiction article in Bottom Dog Press' Unbroken Circle: Stories of Cultural Diversity in th ...more

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	Catch to Release 3.91 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Walk Away 3.85 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Playing with Matches 4.24 avg rating — 41 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lone Star Collection by Julie Cannon, Carsen Taite, Renee MacKenzie 4.27 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unbroken Circle: Stories of Cultural Diversity in the South by Julia Watts (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Charles Dodd White (Goodreads Author), Chris Offutt (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Christmas Medley by Ali Spooner (Goodreads Author), Jen Silver, J.M. Dragon 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lone Star Collection II by Angela Koeing (Editor), Kris Bryant (Goodreads Author), Julie Cannon 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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My Story Can Beat Up Your Story: Ten Ways to Toughen Up Your Screenplay from Opening Hook to Knockout Punch

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The Janissary Tree (Yashim the Eunuch, #1)

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“When you have nothing to offer said party, said party will take you for every penny and sell you a lemon if you stand there and try to close the deal. My advice is that it is not worth the hassle it usually costs you. This is what we call a walk-away deal...because you have to be willing to walk away from it.”
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