2016 was a great year for me as a writer. I was just compiling a list for the Space Coast Writers’ Guild publication this month. God has graced me with the opportunity to write several things and get them published. My only regret is that I am better at writing than marketing. My friends and family have been supported, but I have given away more books than I have sold. However, those who have read my work have been blessed by it, or so they tell me, so I will keep on writing as long as God gives me the ability and the words to say. My current research is on the topic of water in the Bible, and a devotional guide is in the making. I’m thinking of the title Dewdrops to Torrents: Water’s Bible Testimonies, but that may change as I categorize the Biblical references to water and the faith stories, in topics such God’s Faithfulness in Sorrow, in Need, in Prosperity, in Anxiety, in Forgiveness, in Cleansing, etc. all using water imagery and stories from God’s Word.
Here is the list from 2016:
BETTY WHITAKER JACKSON. PUBLICATIONS 2016:
SELECTED FOR ANTHOLOGIES:
DEVOTIONAL GUIDES:
FICTION:
A career teacher, with forty years of teaching language arts/English, Betty Jackson enjoys wordsmithing, writing, and reading as a vocation and avocation.Retirement is her "age of frosting," a chance to pursue postponed hobbies with gusto. She especially sends kudos to the Space Coast Writers Guild members for their encouragement and advice. Her five books, It's a God Thing!, Job Loss: What's Next? A Step by Step Action Plan, and Bless You Bouquets: A Memoir, And God Chose Joseph: A Christmas Story, and Rocking Chair Porch: Summers at Grandma's are available at Amazon.com. Ms. Jackson is available to speak to local groups and to offer her books at discount for fundraising purposes at her discretion. She and her husband soon celebrate their 47th anniversary, and have lived in New York, New Jersey, Iowa, and now the paradise of Palm Bay, Florida. Their two grown children and daughter-in-love, all orchestra musicians, and our beautiful granddaughters Kaley and Emily live nearby. Hobbies, and probably future topics on her blog: gardening, symphonic music (especially supporting the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra as a volunteer and proud parent of a violinist, a cellist, and an oboist), singing, book clubs, and co-teaching a weekly small-group Bible study for seniors. She volunteers and substitute teaches at Covenant Christian School, and serves as a board member of the Best Yet Set senior group at church. Foundationally, she daily enjoys God's divine appointments called Godincidences, which show God's providence and loving kindness.