I have written one other novel. It’s not a traditional novel. It’s the Idle Talk Series. I’m writing a series of short stories that
look at how we talk and use language.
The collection I’m working on now is called Gossip.
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Stories in
the Series...
Gossip
The series begins with Gossip. It is about five friends who gossip whenever
they get together to hang out. It looks
at all the gossip they share, where the gossip comes from, how the gossip
affects others, and what happens when one person wants to stop gossiping. Each following story in the series is
discussed in some way in Gossip, whether the gossip is directly mentioned or a
person from a future story is mentioned.
Five friends get together to fellowship, but often ends up
gossiping. Things are going fine until
one of them becomes overwhelmed with conviction about gossiping. When she tries to stop gossiping, she meets
resistance. The group will be divided
into two groups, one that feels gossiping is wrong, and the one that feels
“sharing” information is not wrong. Will
the circle of friends remain intact?
Tammy Andrews knows gossiping is wrong, but she cannot seem
to stop doing it until she gets convicted after hearing a sermon about it. She tries to share with her friends the evils
of gossiping but meets with resistance.
It becomes her mission to get her five friends to stop gossiping, but
she meets resistance. Will she succeed,
or will she be isolated from the group forever, and eventually become the
subject of the remaining women’s gossip?
Rumors
The second collection in the series is Rumors. It is about a pastor and a gospel
singer. It looks at the rumor, how it
got started, who spread the rumor, the truth, and the fallout from the rumor
being spread.
A collection of short stories that examine how rumors in the
church affect people. A rumor is being
spread about a prominent pastor and a popular Gospel singer. One member of the church goes the extra mile
to find out if the rumor is true or not.
But, the pastor’s spouse, doesn’t do the same thing. On the same day that the pastor decides to
address the rumor, the distress and pain of the situation is too much for the
pastor’s spouse, and a tragedy occurs.
This heartbreaking story will have you examining how rumors
affect your own life.
Coming Soon!
Accusation
The next collection in the series is Accusation. It is about a young man and a pastor’s wife
who had an affair. It looks at how a lie
can become the “truth” depending on who says it, how a false accusation can
ruin a person’s life, and the fallout from the accusation.
A collection of short stories that examine how a false
accusation can ruin a person’s life. A
pastor’s wife has an affair with a young man, and when it is uncovered, she
lies to her husband about the circumstances of the affair. The young man is thrust into a tumultuous
situation that could end tragically if the woman doesn’t tell the truth.
Scandal
The next collection in the series is Scandal. It is about a lady who knows everybody’s
business and isn’t afraid to tell it.
She is holding a grudge against an ex and decides to spread some gossip
about him, viciously leading to a scandal involving the man and an 18-year-old
young lady.
A collection of short stories that examine how some gossip
leads to a scandal involving a gospel singer, his manager, and his manager’s
daughter. the gospel singer’s ex is viciously
spreading the gossip about him because she is a spurned love interest and is
intent on getting back at him for dumping her.
She doesn’t care if what she says is true or not, she’s just hell bent
on destroying her ex. What kind of
damage will this scandal do the singer?
Betrayal
The next collection in the series is Betrayal. It is about a Women’s Ministry leader who is
ministering to a lady at her church. She
shares something personal with the lady, and the lady “shares” the information
with another lady from the church.
Before long, the gossip is spread all over the church, leaving the
Women’s Ministry Leader feeling betrayed.
A collection of short stories that examine how betrayal can
leave a person broken down and despondent.
A Women’s Ministry leader share some very personal information with a
lady at the church who is seeking counseling from her. the lady “shares” the information with
another lady from the church. The information
gets “shared” until the whole church knows the information. The Women’s Ministry leader is left betrayed,
and the resulting fallout could cause her to be asked to resign her position
and leave the church.
Forgiven
The next collection in the series is Forgiven. It is about a pastor who gets embroiled in
gossip. Before long, he and his church
are involved in a lawsuit that causes him to lose everything he has, including
the church. He is ostracized from the
church community and must find his way back to God through repentance,
forgiveness, and redemption.
A collection of short stories that examines being forgiven
for sin. A pastor gets entangled in
gossip. The person he gossips about
directly blames him and sues him and the church he pastors. He loses everything, including the
church. He begins a journey that will
lead to repentance, forgiveness, restoration, and a call to preach on the
impact of “tongue sins.” He hopes his
trial will help others before they destroy lives.
Backbiting
The next collection in the series is Backbiting. It is about one of the ladies from
Gossip. She was excluded from the group
of friends because she refuses to change.
She is determined to destroy the person from the group that she feels is
responsible for her being an outsider, despite the validity of what she says
about any of her ex-friends.
A collection of short stories that examines backbiting. One of the friends from Gossip is back and
she’s spreading rumors about her former friends, especially the one she holds responsible
for her being kicked out of the group.
She is gossiping about anything she can think on the ladies. Half of what she says has some truth to it,
and the other half is false. But, she
doesn’t care. She’s bent on destroying
the friends who left her behind. Will
she destroy herself in the process?
Restoration
The last collection in the series is Restoration. It visits the gossip from the first
collection in the series, Gossip. It
looks at the outcome of the gossip that began the series. A young lady tells a lie, causing a man to
massively harmed, losing everything he had going for him. The young lady tells the truth in the hopes
that restoration can begin.
A collection of short stories that examines telling the
truth and making amends for past mistakes.
A young lady finally tells the truth after the man she lies on suffers
immense adversities. She seeks the man’s
forgiveness and tries to make amends for her mistake, hoping that restoration
can begin. Will the man forgive her and
begin the restoration process?
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