Awards and Achievements
Novels:
January 2008 - THE BOUNTY HUNTER AND THE BRIDE placed 3rd in the Favorite Historical Romances category in Heartsong Presents' annual readers contest. The cover design for this book also placed in the Top Ten Favorite Historical Covers.
August 2007 - SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL finaled in the Short Historical category of ACRW's (American Christian Romance Writers) Book of the Year contest.
August 2007 - A RECIPE FOR ROMANCE, a novella in KISS THE (COOK) BRIDE finaled in the Contemporary Novella category of ACRW's (American Christian Romance Writers) Book of the Year contest.
January 2007 - SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL placed in the Top Ten Favorite Historical Romances in Heartsong Presents' annual contest. The cover design also placed Top Ten Favorite Historical Covers.
September 2006 - SOONER OR LATER placed 2nd in the Short Historical category of ACRW's (American Christian Romance Writers) Book of the Year contest
August 2006 - SOONER OR LATER placed first in the Texas Gold contest - Inspirational category
July 2006 - Unexpected Blessing, a novella in LONE STAR CHRISTMAS, placed first in the Inspirational Readers Choice contest - Novella category
July 2006 - SOONER OR LATER placed third in the Inspirational Readers Choice contest - Short Historical category
May 2006 - SOONER OR LATER placed third in the OWFI's (Oklahoma Writers Federation Inc) Book of the Year contest - fiction category
December 2005 - TEXAS CHRISTMAS GROOMS is #7 on the Christianbooks.com's Top Ten Fiction books for December
December 2005 - Voted Tulsa Nightwriter of the Year
June 2005 - SPIDER WEB ROSE, a novella included in A STITCH IN TIME, placed second at the 2005 Oklahoma Book Festival's Love at First Sight Contest
October 2004 - SIERRA'S CHAMPION place 3rd in the Inspirational category of the NEORWA Romancing The Novel contest
September 2004 – SPIDER WEB ROSE placed 2nd in the Historical Novella category of ACRW's (American Christian Romance Writers) Book of the Year contest
September 2004 – MY BELOVED ENEMY placed 2nd in the Historical category of ACRW's (American Christian Romance Writers) Noble Theme contest
June 2004 – My first novella was released. SPIDER WEB ROSE, included in A STITCH IN TIME, is an inspirational, historical romance anthology published by Barbour Publishing, ISBN # 1-59310-143-0
November 2003 – ON THE RUN – Third place in the Inspirational category of NIRA's Opening Gambit contest
October 2003 – ON THE RUN – First place in the Inspirational category of Romance Writer's Ink Where the Magic Begins contest
September 2003 – SOONER OR LATER – First place in the Historical category of ACRW's (American Christian Romance Writers) Noble Theme contest
May 2003 – SOONER OR LATER - placed second in the historical category at the OWFI (Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc.)
October 2002 – A STRANGER TO LOVE - Winner of TARA (Tampa Area Romance Authors) First Impressions contest
Articles and Short Stories:May 2006 -- FOR THE LOVE OF CODY placed third in the OWFI's (Oklahoma Writers Federation Inc) Juvenile Short Story contest.
May 2004 – Sold a short story called BEGGIN' FOR LOVE to Arabella Magazine. It will be out sometime next year.
March 2004 – Aricle titled TICKLE FIGHTS AND POPCORN RENDEZVOUS won 2nd place in Fellowship of Christian Writers contest
January 2004 – Article titled TOILET SEAT WARS won 2 nd place in Fellowship of Christian Writers Op Ed article contest.
June 2003 – Published THE BIRTH OF AN ANALOGY article with The Spirit-Led Writer
April 2003 – Published an article with The Spirit-Led Writer
February 2003 – FOR THE LOVE OF CODY – placed second in the Fellowship of Christian Writer's Power of Love short story contest
November 2002 – A STRANGER TO LOVE – Honorable mention in ByLine Magazine's First Chapter in a Book contest
November 2002 – Published article with The Spirit-Led Writer