Welcome to the launch of “Reflections – Past, Present, and Future with God.” As a
former history teacher, I find that reflecting gives me a better perspective,
allows me to make better choices now, and enables me to have a more joy in the
future with God’s direction. I hope the same for you.
I’m a writer. For more information about me, go to the
“About” page. I have manuscripts written
in the categories of historical Christian fiction, Christian romance,
contemporary Christian, young adult Christian, and Christian non-fiction.
My first book,
published by Ambassador International, a Christian publisher out of Greenville,
SC and Belfast, Ireland, is scheduled to be released in November. In Part One
of Cleared for Planting , in 1804, Emma Cagle and her
family move from the flatlands of North Carolina to the mountains of what would
become Watauga County.
Emma
hopes the move will give them a new start. Her family has been poor tenant
farmers, and her father’s drinking problem has made life even harder. When they
finally make it up the mountain, a mishap causes her to meet the Moretz family.
Edgar seems interested in her, and she even likes his teasing ways. But life on
a mountain farm can be rough, and tragedy takes many forms.
Edgar helps Emma understand the Christian faith
better, and she relies on God when she’s captured by the Cherokee. Ironically,
it’s Edgar’s faith that falters for a while. Can they clear the problems in the
same way they clear the land for planting?
In Part Two, Clifton, Emma’s son, has just returned
home after completing his medical training. He looks forward to spending a
summer in the mountains he loves, while he tries to make decisions about his
future. He meets a pretty red-head, and at first thinks she may be the woman
meant for him, but she proves self-centered, materialistic, and a social
climber.
When Connell O’Leary and his Cherokee wife come to
visit, Clifton is taken with their beautiful daughter, but he’s afraid someone
so attractive must have hidden flaws. What he hadn’t planned on was the trouble
his first interest would cause or the prejudice many hold against the Indians.
