Jewel

Jewel by Award-Winning Author, Jan Sikes Grand Prize winner 2019 RRBC Alpha/Omega Beginning to End Short Story Contest For almost eighteen years, Jewel has known little beyond hopelessness and hunger. Barely existing in a ramshackle cabin, on the edge of a Louisiana swamp with her little sister and their mother, she sees no way to …

A Soldier’s Children

A Soldier’s Children At the tender age of fourteen, Jennifer shoulders the full responsibility of running a household and caring for her seven-year-old sister. It’s bad enough that their father is lost at war in Afghanistan, but troubles multiply when their so-called mother abandons them for another man. Hardships and struggles are constant companions. Family …

Welcome to the “THE CHOICE, the unexpected heroes” Blog Tour! @gmplano @4WillsPub #RRBC

Writers create stories within a context. They establish time and place, but this is not done in the abstract. A writer’s personal world provides the unspoken but overarching backdrop to the narrative. I became quite aware of this fact when writing THE CHOICE. I was dealing with a degenerative neurological problem which ultimately required surgery. …

TAROT TUESDAY – 3 OF SWORDS

Welcome to another card reading for TAROT TUESDAY! Today I pulled the 3 of Swords. Swords deal with the mental level of consciousness that is centered around the mind and the intellect. Swords mirror the quality of mind present in your thoughts, attitudes, and beliefs. The Three of Swords represents possible heartbreak, emotional pain, sorrow, …