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Years ago my sister lived in Memphis, and insisted on my touring Graceland, Elvis Presley's mansion. Never having been a fan, I was reluctant, but noting literally thousands of people and cars teeming within the commercial -- shops, restaurants, museums -- area of the house, wheels turned in my head. This is a pilgrimage, a religious pilgrimage, I thought. To them, Elvis will never die. When the light bulbs over my head did not go away, I began to see possibilities of a novel, based on Canterbury Tales. After interviewing over a 100 and corresponding with 20-30 additional fans, I learned that each had their own story about Elvis and how he had touched their life. In a way, he was their Christ figure. I hope I will not offend when I say I truly gagged on a couple of remarks, but the hearts that spoke so willingly with me, were true. I went back to North Carolina and begin to outline "Holy Ground." I'm still at the writing and I will need all the help I can get in every area. The characters are numerous, as in Chaucer's General Prologue and that gives me fits, so I have narrowed it down to six or seven principals with a general plot running through the stories the pilgrims tell. I understand this is a long summary, but when you see me going down for the 3rd time, please throw me a line. Thanks, Olivia

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Plum starts our story in jail, the story unfolds, telling the hiliarious and strange story of how she ended up there.

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This is a saucy cautionary bon-mot, filled with women who love women, men who love men, and how they all managed to get along in late 1800’s London against the backdrop of the Oscar Wilde Trial. A story reminiscent of Dangerous Liaisons with characters who like to ‘stir the pot’ simply for their own amusement, and those who suffer for it.

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This is what I hope will be my final draft, and so I welcome all feedback on anything that could still be improved, whether you’re new to the novel or not. However, if you have read this before, please don’t feel obliged to read it again, although of course I’d be happy to have your thoughts on the changes. Thanks so much in advance for all your help. I really do appreciate it. In the summer of 1990, at the height of the recession, a family gathering ended in a tragedy that tore them apart. Twelve years later, the Camerons are uniting for the first time since that terrible day. However, far from being able to put the past behind them, they are shattered for a second time when the truth of that long-ago summer finally emerges.

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After his brother’s strange death, historical actor, Gabe Owens, fights to keep a living history museum and its alleged haunted grounds from closing. What Gabe discovers promises to do just that. But after personal disaster and public scandal, when reality and make-believe start to merge, not only is Gabe’s reputation at stake but also his sanity. Can Eva—the woman who he never meant to hurt—help bring all the pieces together? Can they restore one another, save the museum, and a depressed town? Or is Eva behind the mysterious new haunts and personal threats? What is real? What isn’t? In order save himself, Gabe must determine who he can trust, face the past, and expose a lie that gives voice to a century and half of silence. Gabe's story is not about giving-up ghosts, but rendering truth no matter how devastating it may be. Watercolor Ghost. Sometimes to move forward, we must go back.

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PLEASE start at the beginning--don't dive into the middle. Thanks.

Sinter Blackwell looks great in eyeliner, has an acting job in London, and a girlfriend who adores him, so why isn't he happy? Why can't he quit thinking about Andy, his gay best friend from high school, who once kissed him? Sinter returns home to the Pacific Northwest to find Andy, dreading how to tell his disapproving parents about his changing feelings. But his world gets even more complicated when it turns out his ex-girlfriend isn't finished with him.

Just tell me where you run into any problems. All reviews welcome. You may have gathered that this novel does deal (sympathetically) with gay issues, so if that's going to bother you, you might want to steer clear. I won't be offended.

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Ed Laputan, a clinical trials project manager, awakens from a Cabernet-induced black-out to find an insistent Benjamin Franklin pounding outside his window. Franklin (almost) helps Ed and his family escape from a potential disaster and disappears. Hallucination? Delusion? When other apparitions offer Ed (not quite accurate) career advice, he suspects he may be schizophrenic. As Ed struggles with mental illness and his bumbling spirit guides, his co-workers start disappearing and his project begins to fail. Can Ed hold on to reality? Can he solve the mystery of the vanishing employees?

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Dane Westwood is a spiritual warrior/vigilante. She possesses the ability to not only see beyond this reality into the world of spirit, but she can see entity attachments in the energy fields of those around her. Dane and her friend June are dispatched on a mission to save humanity by the mysterious Dark Angel. The Dark Angel guides the women and leads them to Costa Rica and a handsome and gifted healer named Gregorio Pappas. Although Gregorio can perform miracles, he is also tangled up in a plot that involves reducing the world’s population. Can Dane and June stop him, or is it Dane’s destiny to play an unwitting part in this devious plot?

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Our hero starts looking younger. He starts feeling younger. So do others. The infection spreads...

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It is a time where politicians are more celebrities than policy makers; a time of peace and prosperity, for poverty has long been eradicated. All, however, is not as it seems and as the source of all wealth leads to the unraveling of a monumental conspiracy, one man must make a decision which will shake the foundations of the universe forever. The Superlative seeks to prove there is a thin line between doing what is right and what is wrong: being righteous and being insane. Our choices are what define us, and not the attitudes where these choices originate.

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Five very different people die and find themselves throw together in a place called the Four Circles. They all need to work together to fill the holes left behind by their deaths the twist is they need to be promoted to the first circle in order to do that. The story leads the reader through the lives and deaths of the five main characters, some likeable some not so much. I welcome all feedback and plan to post more chapters depending on interest. I also (clearly) need to work on my summary and would love some suggestions as I'm slated to meet with 3 agent on 11/02. Much appreciated!

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