I’m thrilled to announce publication of my second Time Travel novel, “The Going Back Portal.” This one features a producer for a TV investigative news team who travels back to 1840. There, along the banks of the Broad River in rural Georgia, she interacts with a young Cherokee Indian woman. As usual, there’s a dollop of romance – or two dollops in this case – and some important issues that Kathryn and Forest Water must deal with. There are also some grandmothers who play an i

Publication of my seventh novel is just weeks away. It's my second time travel novel. The Going Back Portal is set in present-day Atlanta and Athens, GA, and 1840s northeast Georgia. Here's a very brief excerpt from early in the book to whet your appetite: "A light breeze rustled the leaves above me. Together with the whoosh of the river, it was like phantom voices whispering. Which made the hairs stand up on my arms. No wonder Nana was having delusions. I could almost feel

There is a long and tragic history involving subjugation of peoples and cultures around the world. One of the most heartbreaking examples was perpetrated against the Cherokee Nation - and all the other Native Americans - by white settlers and the US government. While many of the campaigns against North America’s first inhabitants were executed bit by bit, The Trail of Tears stands out for its inhumanity. As I write my next novel, due out late this year, I’ve been researching