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I'm a full-time freelance writer who has traditionally published eighteen books and ghostwritten dozens more. I'm the scriptwriter of the Emmy-Award-nominated documentary Trail Magic: The Grandma Gatewood Story that appeared on PBS and won multiple film festival awards. I'm both the scriptwriter and an associate producer of Victoria Woodhull: Shattering Glass Ceilings that appeared and the Cleveland International Film Festival and is winning awards.

Wells Waite Miller and Me: An 8th OVI Civil War Biography is the first book where I've handled everything from start to finish. It's the story of how I randomly picked a Civil War soldier to research, not even knowing his first name! During seven years of research, I connected with several of his descendants with Wells' life and mine dovetailing in ways that are hard to explain. 

Wells Waite Miller and Me: An 8th OVI Civil War Biography

July 3, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg: Twenty-one-year-old Captain Wells Waite Miller of the 8th OVI—"a bruised and undersized regiment"—played a crucial role in the Union's victory at Pickett's Charge. Chosen to lead an outpost 100 yards away from the main Union line, against seemingly insurmountable odds, Miller and 150 courageous men faced down 6,000 desperate Rebels. Fighting valiantly, they "broke an entire . . . brigade of the Army of Northern Virginia." This book celebrates the life of this forgotten Civil War hero.During a seven-year period of research, the author connected with several of Miller's descendants with remarkable syncronicities occuring between Wells' life and her...
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