WRITING HISTORY:

             (1968)            Began writing career by creating a poem

                                    dedicated to the Vietnam War, entitled,

                                    "Dear America, If This Is Love, Then There's

                                    No Need For War."

             (1967-68)       Editor of Darnell-Cookman Jr. High School

                                    Newspaper Staff.

             (1970-71)       President of The Library Council at Stanton

                                    Senior High School.

             (1971)            Wrote Senior High School Class Song which was

                                    performed at graduation, entitled, "Seniors

                                    Travel On Much Further."  Written to the tune

                                    of Bridge Over Troubled Water.

             (1971-73)       Traveled extensively with the Bethune-Cookman

                                    College Modern Dance Group as Poet Laureate

                                    when the group needed additional time to change.

                                    My performance was for various college programs

                                    and Florida based military sites.

            (1973)              Recipient of Bethune-Cookman College's

                                    `Best Rhymed Poet of the Year Award.'

            (1985)             Wrote and recited at the Delta Sigma Theta 1985

                                    Convention a memorial in honor of those killed

                                    in the 1985 Dallas Plane Crash.

             (1988-89)       Member of the CSDG Private Line Newspaper staff

                                    for A.T.&T. Communications Engineering Department.

             (1989)            Completed final manuscript draft of my first

                                    novel, entitled: `When The Singer Shouts.'

             (1989)            Competed in the Ebony Magazine Short Story Award.

                                    Story entitled, `Missy'.

           (1990)              Competed in the Ted Turner Awards against 2,500

                                    other entries, with manuscript entitled, `When

                                    The Singer Shouts.'

            (1991)              Completed my first Black Cartoon Rap Script.  The

                                    script is entitled, `Life'.

            Present           Currently working on several lyric compositions

                                    with various Atlanta based production companies.          

            (2000)              Completion of Manuscript, "Black Radio...Winner  

                                     Takes All ".  Sept. 2001 release date.   

            (2006-07)         Screenplay Collaboration for Hitmakers with Author James Miller                                                                                                         

AFFILIATIONS:

                                    Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.  Past

                                    Primary Advisor for 10 years at Georgia Tech.

                                     Recipient of the 1984 Outstanding Young Women 

                                     Award for Community Service.

                                     Active member of the Atlanta Entertainers Network. 

                                    Member of the National Black Programmers Coalition. 

                                    Black Alliance of Telecommunication Employees.

                           Uptown Entertainment Band

 

 

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