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Dorcas Walker books in progress/publication pending
Heartbeat
53,000 word inspirational/medical romantic suspense
Rev. David Remington needs another heart to survive. Marcee would do anything to keep her dead husband’s heart beating. Everything hangs on one heart ultimately changing two people’s lives. Heartbeat is about a heart transplant giving a dying man life and another chance for love.
Loves Freedom
52,000 word inspirational/medical romantic suspense
Catherine (Cat) Franklin secretly fights Bipolar to stay in control of her life. At every turn Brent challenges Cat’s peace of mind. Two bank robberies, their parent’s romance, and a stray cat entwine their lives together. Will Cat let Brent help her face the past in order to free her to love at last?
To Be An Eagle
15,000 word fiction/junior/book (1st in Eagle series)
Wayne Wilson is willing to do anything to make the Eagle basketball team at school. Only internal bleeds pop up without warning, threatening his goal. To Be An Eagle shows Wayne’s struggle to be normal despite having severe hemophilia.
To Fly Like An Eagle
35,000 word fiction/teen/book (2nd in Eagle series)
Wayne Wilson’s life centers around severe hemophilia and staying on the Eagle basketball team. Everything changes as Wayne enters high school. In his senior year, Wayne finds out he is HIV positive. Will he learn To Fly Like An Eagle?
Double Trouble, Double Blessing
50,000 word biography
What’s a mother supposed to do when both her kids are having bleeds at the same time? Girls weren’t supposed to have hemophilia, only boys! Inheriting hemophilia from their grandfather, Dwight and Dawn keep Dorcas feeling like she is riding a roller coaster. What one did the other was sure to follow through on. A sense of humor was the only thing that kept this mother’s sanity day by day.
Education:
- have diploma writing for children and teenagers from the Institute of Children's Literature
- have diploma for personal computer specialist from ICS
- have diploma for medical transcriptionist from the Professioinal Career Development Institute
- have diploma for nurses technician from Tennessee Technology Center
- have diploma for writing children's books from the Institute of Children's Literature
Employment:
- was an editorial consultant for ten years to Hemalog
- did book reviews for two years for the Christian Library Book Journal
- worked three years at local hospital as a CNA, switch board operator, and medical transcriptionist in the radiology department
- taught kindergarten, was assistant teacher, and reading monitor for two years at private Cumberland Christian School
Awards that I have won: Centeon photo calendar contest 1998, America at the Millennium The Best Poems and Poets of the 20th Century 1999, Editor's Choice Award by the International Library of Poetry 2003, Knoxville News Sentinel photo contest 2006, Empire Who's Who Empowering Executives & Professionals 2006
Magazines/Newspapers I have been published in: P.E.N. (reprint in New Zealand), Hemalog (reprint in Spanish edition), Tidings, Christian Library Journal, Holiness Evangelist, The Human Factor, Independent Bible Methodist Church magazine, Standard, Pulse, Grit, Vista, The Ladies Companion, Knoxville News Sentinel, the Newport Plain Talk, and the Herald-Citizen.
Books I have been published in: Raising a Child With Hemophilia by Armour 1991, Meditations For the Bereaved by Gilgal Pub 1998, 3-book Christmas Program series; self published in 2001, To Say Good-bye memoir by Publish America 2002; reviews on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, Power for Healing coauthored and self published 2002, Power to Pray coauthored and self published 2004, and Motherhood self published 2004.
Editorial feedback I have received
- Christian Library Journal: Nancy Hesch “I enjoy reading your comments. Please send me a list of books you would like to review”; Mary Jarvis “We appreciate your thorough and thoughtful work”.
- Hemophilia Health Services: Lydia Harden “Thank you so much for your contribution to The Human Factor. We appreciate your story, photos, and insights and encourage you to send in other work again.”
- Gilgal Publications: Judy Osgood “What an incredibly patient woman you are. Thank you for your willingness to share your experiences with others. You must be very special indeed.”
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