I'm Finished!
At least for now! I am through writing my current novel, which I have alternately called “My Hoodoo Novel” and “Signs and Spells”, but is presently name “The New Witch”. It is now going to a couple of editors who will point out anything that needs doing to polish it into a finished product before pitching it to find a literary agent to represent it to publishers.
The New Witch is the story of Addie, who inherits a hoodoo shop and a quad of apartments from a great-aunt she never knew existed until a phone call from a lawyer in New Orleans opens up a new world to her. Before she moves to the Big Easy she didn’t know the feelings of “knowing” things before they happen and believing in signs had been passed down through several generations. Now, according to the will, she must live in her aunt’s home for one year before title to the property is given to her. She finds herself involved in helping and protecting Evie, who has escaped an abusive husband, Dani, who is struggling to support herself and her young son, Diane, who wants to make someone fall in love with her. Before the year has passed, she has not one but two important men enter her life.
Elements of Time
I am proud to announce the anthology, “Elements of Time”, has been released and is available for purchase at www.twintrinitybooks.com, www.amazon.com, or can be ordered from your local bookstore, WalMart, and Target. Three of my stories are included, and each won a place in the tough competition that decided which stories would be published. There were three separate contests held, for Past, Present, and Future, with many superb entries in each. I am honored for my writing to be included in this collection.
Numbers (Past)
A religious satire, it raises the question: Do you believe in the message and live by it? Or do you ignore the message and worship the person who brings it?
Angelo's (Present)
Every Thursday the same couple comes to Angelo's for lunch, but for one of them it is the first visit every time. It is a poignant story about enjoying the present instead of living in the past or worrying about the future.
Valley of the Gods (Future)
Is it the past? Or is it the future? You can decide after reading this tale about love between a mortal and a goddess.
The third anthology in the series, “Elements of Dimension”, Fantasy, Reality, and Sci-Fi, is scheduled for release in April 2010, and will contain my story:
Mavis and the Leprechaun
Mavis thinks she is donating to charity when she buys a raffle ticket. When Greenberry Muldoon magically appears in her kitchen her life is turned upside down. He proceeds to straighten out her house, her wardrobe, her appearance, and her love life. He has to. He was cursed and must stay with Mavis until someone else wins him in some manner.
In the fourth anthology in the series, “Elements of Life”, Birth, Life, and Death, you will be able to read my stories:
The Jar Girl
In ancient China, a group of performers, freaks, and wild animals wind their way across the country. By the side of the road, they find a baby. She is destined to become a Jar Girl, and save two lives.
Death Comes to Shadow Cove
All the people in the old village of Shadow Cove are strange. Everyone has some sort of special ‘magic' talent, which they try to keep hidden from the ‘newcomers' who have moved in from the modern world. But sometimes secrets are hard to keep, especially when Mafia hit men are after you!
“Elements of Life” is due out in August 2010.
The fifth in the ‘Elements' series has stories of First Love, The Engagement, and The Wedding. It is scheduled for release in November of 2010.
Johnny Falls in Love
When an enchanted toad shows up, everyone blames Johnny, who denies turning the school bully into a toad to give to his sweetheart. When the enchantment is lifted, there is a man they have never seen before. Are there more people like them somewhere?
The first anthology of the series, “Elements of the Soul” is available, and “Elements of Time” is available for pre-order.
I do not have stories in the first anthology being offered, Elements of the Soul, but many of my friends do, and there is a lot of entertaining reading in those pages. I encourage you to order your copy at this site.
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Nancy Smith Gibson is a transplanted Okie from Muskogee. Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, she received her early education in Oklahoma City schools. She attended Linwood Elementary, Taft Junior High, and Classen Senior High School before moving to Hot Springs, Arkansas with her parents. She graduated from Hot Springs Senior High and afterwards attended Baylor University . She is active in the Melting Pot Genealogical Society and contributes articles to their publication, The Kettle. She has four children and four grandchildren and lives near Hot Springs with two dogs and three cats.