Breast Cancer Survivor

I am proud and happy to announce that I am a one year survivor of breast cancer.  It is quite a shock to learn that you have breast cancer. We all react in different ways and survive it in different manners.  I was a lucky one, it was caught in early stage one and I was fortunate enough to not have chemotherapy or radiation treatments.  Even though the mass was removed, I will always have that worry that it will come back around the area removed or surface in the other breast.  Now with routine mammograms your chances are at least somewhat better than they were in earlier years.

It does have positive effects on you though, you want to spend every moment with those that you love.  And truly appreciate being here to have those time with them.  You never know when it may be taken away from you.  I participated in the Breast Cancer Walk again this year and meeting the other survivors and listening to their stories was amazing.  The woman who spoke had a mother, sister and cousins who all had or have breast cancer, and she feared for her granddaughter now.   I also have three girls and a granddaughter to worry that someday they may face the same diagnosis.  I hope that prevention and a cure will happen in their lifetimes and they will be free from facing what so many women have.

Chippewa Valley Book Festival

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Well, my Author's Group known as "The Devious Minds," held an event at The Local Store last evening and the audience was pretty thin. I posted press releases in four newspapers, all the community venues I could think of and hung up 15 posters. Tina from Vol. One and I scheduled the group to showcase their books and read a short blurb from them during Chippewa Valley Book Festival Week thinking people would be coming out for this opportunity for authors to get our names and books out there. Michael Perry was scheduled to be on deck at the University. Who can compete against that?

My Authors Group

I belong to a great authors group and we are very supportive of each other.  So I decided to list them all for you here. Perhaps you have even read some of their work as I have and if you haven't, I strongly recommend that you do.  Here they are:

Marjorie Swift Doering with 'Dear Crossing' and 'Shadow Tag'

Donna White Glaser with A Letty Whittaker 12 Step Mystery Series of ‘The Enemy We Know’ #1; ‘The One We Love’ #2; and ‘The Secrets We Keep’ #3-5 (currently working on The Blood We Spill)

Darren Kirby with ‘Coordinates for Murder’ and is working on a sequel.

Marla Madison with ‘She’s Not There’ and ‘Relative Malice’ (working on untitled)

Katie Mettner with ‘Sugar’s Dance’ and ‘Sugar’s Song (currently working on Sugar’s Night)

Debra A. Patrow with ‘Acres of Bitterness’ (currently working on Bittersweet Reunions)

Dave Tindell with ‘The White Vixen’

Glowing Reviews

Sometimes we need to read a glowing review over again.  I got the most awesome, wonderful, super creative review from fellow author G.F. Smith.  I cannot believe he wrote all of the great things about my story lines, my plots, the twists & turns, the characters, etc.  I am feeling very good right now about what I created through Acres of Bitterness!  It takes a long time to put a book together and to hear these good words makes it all the more worthwhile!!   Thank you, thank you, thank you. 

Anyone wanting to read it, check out my book on Amazon.com and scroll down to the reviews please.