working title: Maroon Lake

genre: novel / science fiction

setting: late 21st century, southeastern United States, private lakeside community

description: explores the repercussions of absentee parenting

target audience: speculative fiction readers ages 13 and up

rating: PG-13

status: 3/4 first draft completed, approx 65,000+ words

working title: Alaqua Bend

genre: novel / fiction series

setting: present, southern Indiana, the small town of Alaqua Bend

description: centered around four generations of the McBee family, including matriarch Esma (a.k.a. Grandma E) and the eight children she reared with her deceased husband, Otis. The first installment follows granddaughter Norma Dunn's plight to save the old Alaqua Bend high school building. Her church uses it as a youth center. The city wants to demolish it to build a new ballpark.

target audience: primarily women ages 18 and up

rating: PG-13

status: portions of first draft completed