Janice Brooks
THE AUTHOR
Hello Readers,
I have written poems, stories and essays most of my life, beginning with a poem when I
was 12 for my father’s birthday. As a second daughter of a second daughter of a second
daughter, I spent most of my youth looking up to and admiring an older sister who sang,
danced, cheered and wowed family. I chose books. I lived in the characters, became the
characters and was difficult to bring out of the characters, when someone tried to get my
attention. Books are a delightful escape to me and I enjoy reading most genres, but the
ones that inspired me to write were by Helen Van Slyke and Taylor Caldwell.
I wrote my first novel almost 20 years ago and It will be published eventually but needs
some “editing”. Katy’s story is called A Time for Goodbyes. My goal is to finish the
current novel that consumes my days and nights entitled A Price for Fame. It is the story
of a young and famous actress, Susan Langley, a former Miss America who doesn’t “fit”
in Hollywood. I am well into the first draft, but don’t anticipate it to be ready for months. I
have a file drawer of unfinished work and many short stories and poetry. I won gold
medals for poems and short stories in the El Paso Senior Olympics in 2007 and 2008. If
you want to see those on this website for your reading pleasure, let me know.
Writing is my passion, but often must take a back seat to my family. Unlike Miles Milton
many of my life decisions were made with family coming first. As with most of us
“Wonder Women” who shuffle the cards every day to do the tasks that come our way, I
find as I grow older, the tasks change but the constant give and take between the needs
of the people I love and the things I want to do, must be prioritized. Writing happens early
in the morning when concentration is easier to tap into. I dream about my characters and
allow my imagination to tap into current events to change their future much as it does our
own.
Thank you for honoring me with your precious time and money.
Hello Readers,
I have written poems, stories and essays most of my life, beginning with a poem when I
was 12 for my father’s birthday. As a second daughter of a second daughter of a second
daughter, I spent most of my youth looking up to and admiring an older sister who sang,
danced, cheered and wowed family. I chose books. I lived in the characters, became the
characters and was difficult to bring out of the characters, when someone tried to get my
attention. Books are a delightful escape to me and I enjoy reading most genres, but the
ones that inspired me to write were by Helen Van Slyke and Taylor Caldwell.
I wrote my first novel almost 20 years ago and It will be published eventually but needs
some “editing”. Katy’s story is called A Time for Goodbyes. My goal is to finish the
current novel that consumes my days and nights entitled A Price for Fame. It is the story
of a young and famous actress, Susan Langley, a former Miss America who doesn’t “fit”
in Hollywood. I am well into the first draft, but don’t anticipate it to be ready for months. I
have a file drawer of unfinished work and many short stories and poetry. I won gold
medals for poems and short stories in the El Paso Senior Olympics in 2007 and 2008. If
you want to see those on this website for your reading pleasure, let me know.
Writing is my passion, but often must take a back seat to my family. Unlike Miles Milton
many of my life decisions were made with family coming first. As with most of us
“Wonder Women” who shuffle the cards every day to do the tasks that come our way, I
find as I grow older, the tasks change but the constant give and take between the needs
of the people I love and the things I want to do, must be prioritized. Writing happens early
in the morning when concentration is easier to tap into. I dream about my characters and
allow my imagination to tap into current events to change their future much as it does our
own.
Thank you for honoring me with your precious time and money.
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