Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a Proud Advocate of Equal Rights for Racial Harmony and the author of Different Faces. I am a caucasion female with blonde hair and blue eyes living in South Carolina and never knew what racism was really about until it was directed towards me personally, it changed my life. I had started working for a ruthless politian and one of the many twisted things in his bag of tricks was being a bigot. He disagreed with my selection of friends, which were mostly Black Americans, My parents are Irish and we have always just clicked better in the south with the Black society here. The elected official I worked for in the Judicial System couldn’t stand it so much that he permitted and allowed my coworkers bully and terrorize me on a daily basis. I ended up filing a charge with the EEOC to protect my job because I was planning to retire with the government beneifits. After EEOC finished their onsight investigation, they sided with me and had to label my charge as “Singled out and Discriminated against due to her affiliation with Black People” and “Terminated out of Retaliation for filing a complaint against Spartanburg County.” The only way I knew to let the world know how damning racism still is in the south was to write a book about my experience. I really hope you check it out……….
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Different Faces and my inspiration is Racial Harmony and exposing the racism in politics in the south.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes, I tell my story with the compassion, mercy and love that other great Advocates have inspred me to be, just be myself.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
A Testament of Hope by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
What are you working on now?
A new book which will make its debut this upcoming spring, “Letters of Injustice: Stamped 2014”
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, StudioKnow and Amazon.com
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write from the heart and what moves you the most.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Hatred can not drive out hatred; Only Love can do that……’ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
What are you reading now?
A Happy Ending, author unknown
What’s next for you as a writer?
I am writing about to brothers who were fighting separate causes, they both died never knowing what the other was doing. I wasn’t until generations later that the truth came out..,..,.,.it’s going to be a great book.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The Bible, A testament of Hope and and a tablet to write of my experience on that island….lol
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LOL………I was so nervous back then!!!!!