Fern Brady is CEO of the Houston Writers Guild and owner of Inklings Publishing. She began her career as a foreign correspondent, taught with Alief ISD for 15 years, and then became a full-time Realtor in Houston. All the while, she pursued her real passion -- writing. Her short stories have been published in Eclectically Carnal, Waves of Passion, Short Stories by Texas Authors, and Eclectically Criminal under her name. Her foray into poetry "Penelope" appears in the compilation In the Questions from Spider Road Press. Her first children's picture book, The Smiley Face Blatoon, launched in July 2015 under the pen name Lady Nefari Ydarb, a Cliektess from the planet Jorn, won Best Picture Book for All Ages in 2016. You can contact her at: fernbrady@inklingspublishing.com and keep tabs on her website www.fernbrady.com and follow her on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/fernbradyaut.... Check out other books published by Inklings at www.inklingspublishing.com and visit the Houston Writers Guild at www.houstonwritersguild.org