About JoDee Neathery
I was born in Southern California, moving to Midland, Texas at the age of five. It was a small town environment full of dreamers and doers and the friendliest people on the planet. After high school graduation, I began a career in the banking industry moving to public relations executive recruiting until the explosion of the Internet changed how employers searched for employees. Upon retirement we moved to a golf course/lake community where my lifelong dream of writing a novel became a reality.
At the urging of my book club members and a burning desire to write a novel, I've completed my dream. Five years in the making LIFE in a BOX is a reality. People have asked why now? I'm not sure but I think you have to have the courage to fail before you tackle the unknown. I hope everyone who reads the book will take something away from it and know my heart is embedded deep inside the words.
And, now another Ta Da moment when I typed The End to my new literary novel, A Kind of Hush, a mystery and family drama set in Buffalo, New York and in the Big Bend area of West Texas. It examines how life is seldom a tidy affair exploring if there is a gray area between right and wrong. The first few sentences were written in the dark of night shortly after Life in a Box was published with the young boy's profile scratched out on the ever-present notepad beside my bed. I didn't know the whole story but I knew Gabriel Edward Mackie had to be in whatever I wrote next.
If I could offer a piece of advice to anyone who is thinking they are too old or too young to broaden your horizons, I would say... don't be defined by the limitations others put on you.
Feedback welcomed
Every author wants to know if what they have written resonates with the reader. It's important to reach out to those who have taken the time to read the words. Did you connect with any of the characters? Would love to hear your thoughts! My contact information is on this site and I look forward to hearing from you.
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A new literary novel, Dust in the Wind, is in the development stages. partially set in Paris with a brief stop in Germany then on the a fictional town in the Hill Country of Texas. To the casual observer Gretchen and Andrew were in love - a match made in heaven - his wife disagreed.
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