Hello!
I’m so glad our paths have crossed and I get to share my words with you. I’m kinda a word person. I think finding the right words to tell a story is the best part of story telling. Like most, my life has been filled with many adventures. Some happy, some sad, some painful, but all brought me closer to who I am today. My hope is that in my words, you too will find lessons, comfort, and most of all laughter.
My word for you today is this: Live A Great Story!
Some things I’ve written…
Caffeinated
A cafe is where strangers come together and become family. It’s a place of comfort, community, and conversation. There is nothing else quite like it.
Life in a cafe is never dull. It’s a fast-paced world that brings with it laughter, drama, crazies and bizarre moments. Caffeinated is a collection of these stories as they happened at the Inkwell Cafe.
Caffeinated on Stage
I turned my book Caffeinated into a play, and the production was brought to the stage in 2023.
Lessons Learned in Retail Management
Management breaks their role into four essential areas: understanding financials, leading and developing people, mastering the often-forgotten art of customer service, and committing to personal growth.
Drawn from 25 years of experience, this book offers proven tools for building strong foundations and transforming struggling stores. It shows that anyone can become a successful manager—no matter how high the ladder of success may seem.
Whether you’re stepping onto the first rung or feel stuck somewhere in the middle, Lessons Learned in Retail Management serves as a practical guide to core retail management and challenges you to reach confidently for the next step.
Lessons Learned is also an Audible Book. Both are available on Amazon
Living Unstuck
Most of us experience wonderful emotions in life, unfortunately it’s human nature to dwell on the not so wonderful ones from time to time.
There’s nothing wrong with having feelings, but should we get stuck on the negative ones, they have a tendency to overshadow the plans that God has for our life…a joyful life…UNSTUCK!
The Plan
Arrogance and deceit caused the separation. Enough promises had been made to convince them to leave the Kingdom. Once outside the gates, all they found was darkness and regret. There was no hope of regaining what had been lost. But the separation from their beloved King was more than they could overcome on their own.
As the requests for forgiveness began to arrive at the Kingdom, there was one determined to find a way to lead them back home. A neutral arena would have to be established. Free Will must remain a part of the equation. No one knew if there was any chance of the fallen returning to the Kingdom. No one knew if redemption and forgiveness of that magnitude was even possible. It would require a sacrifice that was beyond their comprehension.
A blank tablet was the beginning. At the top of the first page two words were written: The Plan.
The Captive
Forgiveness seemed unattainable and fear dominated their existence. Incapable of making the journey to freedom alone, they needed a champion, someone to lock arm and arm and lead them to freedom.
Life for the Humans and Fallen Souls change as Jael returns to the Kingdom, Konnory takes on Turayn, Magnor gets his battle, Quaine finds forgiveness, and Plato remains a question.
The Memoirs of Beatrice Miller
Beatrice was from a small town and had outgrown her dream of working at her Uncle’s shop. Now, a young woman and moving on to the big city to start working at the prestigious Breckschnieder’s Department Store. With Aunt Ruth’s assistance, Beatrice quickly realizes she is willing to do anything to protect her new life. Even if that means she has to get rid of a few people…
The stage adaptation of Beatrice Miller was performed as a reader’s theater…
Mr. Hobbins’ Beautiful Things
After realizing that possessions can never return love, Mr. Hobbins learns the important lesson that people are more valuable than even the most beautiful things.
Scripts for the Stage:
- Caffeinated – On Stage
- The Land of OO
- Deck the Hall and All that Jazz
- The Memoirs of Beatrice Miller
- Did Someone Say Murder