Writing
235 pieces published between 2006 and 2020, on true crime, domestic violence, West Virginia and her own story.
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20189
- Reaching For the Stars: One Woman's Journey to AstrophysicsOctober 8, 2018
- Following Dr. Ford's Brutal Testimony, Self-Care is Crucial for SurvivorsSeptember 28, 2018
- Immigrant Families: Forever Scarred by Forced SeparationJune 20, 2018
- Eternally Elaine: Goodbye, My Book Club FriendMay 30, 2018
- Call to Action: Let's Save My HomeMarch 31, 2018
- #55strong: As Strike Continues, Teachers Reflect on Their Roles as EducatorsFebruary 28, 2018
- #55strong: “Rumor Has It . . . Legislators Said We Could Rot”February 26, 2018
- "We're at Critical Mass"—West Virginia Teachers Love Their Jobs, But Say They Can't StayFebruary 23, 2018
- Reflections about 'This Is Us' on Super Bowl SundayFebruary 4, 2018
20177
- Hello 2018—Let's Turn That Whisper Into a Shout!December 31, 2017
- A Wheelchair for JohnDecember 18, 2017
- TV Shoots: All in a Day’s WorkJune 30, 2017
- Morgantown Area Farmer's Market Hopes to Spread the Word: "We Accept EBT and WIC!"June 24, 2017
- Finding Sustenance, and Moving Forward, in a Time of GriefMay 30, 2017
- 3 Tips to Avoid Becoming a Crime VictimJanuary 22, 2017
- Bring it on 2017!January 1, 2017
201626
- I Found My Heart - In San FranciscoNovember 6, 2016
- Mission Accomplished . . . 5,800 Miles LaterOctober 18, 2016
- Winding My Way through the Past, and the Petrified ForestOctober 11, 2016
- Driving Through the Wild, Wild WestOctober 5, 2016
- Day 32: Stopping to Smell the RosesOctober 2, 2016
- The Florida Keys: Six Days in ParadiseSeptember 26, 2016
- Where the Open Road Leads MeSeptember 23, 2016
- Destination South: My Long and Winding Literary TrekSeptember 12, 2016
- USPS Gives New Meaning to "Gone Postal"August 11, 2016
- How to Survive a Routine Hospital Procedure or Overnight StayAugust 4, 2016
- Me Before You: Neither the Novel Nor the Movie DisappointJune 9, 2016
- These Knees Are Made for Walkin'May 30, 2016
- Goodbye, AliciaMay 9, 2016
- "You're Going to Sell a Million Copies"May 7, 2016
- Me, John Denver, and the Trek HomeApril 25, 2016
- A 'Kid In a Candy Store'—On the Palm Beach County BookmobileApril 11, 2016
- "Tales of the Vintage Berry Wine Gang" Release Date Set For April 3March 28, 2016
- <em>Shatter the Silence</em> Book Cover Arrives!March 19, 2016
- 'Shatter the Silence' Book Cover to be Revealed SaturdayMarch 15, 2016
- Happiness is . . . Crossroads, Audiobooks, and LaughterMarch 7, 2016
- Florida Friends and Sunshine Welcome West Virginia AuthorMarch 1, 2016
- How to Make Your DIY Book Event a Wild SuccessFebruary 15, 2016
- The Business Side of Writing—Plan a DIY Book SigningFebruary 8, 2016
- Cruising the Caribbean: Danger Finds Daleen On the High SeasJanuary 25, 2016
- Crossing Another One Off My Bucket List 21 Years LaterJanuary 18, 2016
- Listen, Learn and Love: My 2016 New Year's MottoJanuary 1, 2016
201511
- An Anniversary I'd Rather ForegoDecember 27, 2015
- The Return of the Vintage Berry Wine Gang and Other Big Surprises!December 9, 2015
- New True-Crime Book to be Featured on National TV ShowOctober 14, 2015
- "American Pain" a Fascinating True Tale of Greed, Addiction, and Pill MillsSeptember 11, 2015
- Mental Illness and Police Incompetence Lead to Murder, Suicide, in AspenAugust 17, 2015
- From crippled to new knees in two monthsAugust 10, 2015
- I’m White, But I Wish I Had Been #momoftheyearMay 2, 2015
- Black or White, Martese Johnson, Elizabeth Daly, Hannah Graham All Harmed in CharlottesvilleMarch 23, 2015
- West Virginia Author Seeks Help Finding Trilogy, Her Timid and Temperamental CatFebruary 27, 2015
- It's Cold Out There—So if You're a Tenant Know Your RightsJanuary 14, 2015
- Pen in Hand, I Begin 2015 By Looking Back at 2014January 1, 2015
201416
- Skip Black Friday—But Do Support Small Business Saturday and Your Local MerchantsNovember 18, 2014
- Ebola: Why More Hospitals Could Miss the Clues, TooOctober 12, 2014
- Weekend Rapes Raise Concerns About Female Safety in MorgantownSeptember 28, 2014
- Robin Williams: "Oh Captain, My Captain," You Are Far From AloneAugust 12, 2014
- Two Years Later: What I Hope Teens Learn From SkylarJuly 6, 2014
- West Virginia Writers: We Came, We Saw, We Wore Red (And Won Contests!)June 16, 2014
- From the Front Lines: Breaking Away From A BullyJune 5, 2014
- An Open Letter to All the Boyfriends I Didn’t HaveJune 3, 2014
- Surviving, Not Just Graduation, But LifeMay 23, 2014
- Ervin Found Guilty of Murdering Leslie Layman—But Is It Enough?April 19, 2014
- A Very Long Year Winds Down With 31 Days of March MadnessApril 17, 2014
- At a Glance: Dateline, Dr. Phil and Local Coverage of 'The Savage Murder of Skylar Neese'March 12, 2014
- Rachel Shoaf Sentenced to 30 Years for Killing Skylar NeeseFebruary 27, 2014
- When Silence Interferes With HealingFebruary 2, 2014
- Shelia Eddy Sentenced to Life With MercyJanuary 24, 2014
- Writing My Sister’s EulogyJanuary 3, 2014
201329
- Shannon Stafford's Story Airs Tonight on Discovery ID "Evil In-Law" EpisodeDecember 22, 2013
- Reflections on the Anniversary of Sandy Hook ShootingsDecember 14, 2013
- We've Come a Long Way, Baby! Reflections On Female Sexuality Strike a ChordDecember 1, 2013
- If You Talk the Talk, You Should Walk the WalkOctober 26, 2013
- Murder Trial for Accused Teen Set for 2014October 15, 2013
- Shelia Eddy Pleads Not GuiltySeptember 17, 2013
- Shelia Eddy: How Will She Plead?September 16, 2013
- The Wait is Over: Shelia Eddy to be Tried as Adult in Skylar Neese MurderSeptember 5, 2013
- Love? It Really Is a Battlefield!August 9, 2013
- One Year Later: Moving Forward on Skylar's StoryJuly 6, 2013
- Nathan Mitchell: “Sometimes you need a divorce attorney. Sometimes you need a hitman.”June 28, 2013
- Skylar Neese: The Struggle to Find Closure Almost One Year LaterJune 23, 2013
- Not Your Normal Day Job: Writing the Skylar Neese StoryJune 19, 2013
- World News Tidbits: Women, Poets, Entrepreneurs and Taking RisksMay 28, 2013
- It's Official: My TEDx talk, "Silence Isn't Golden—It's Red," is Live!May 13, 2013
- My Advice to Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesusMay 10, 2013
- Cleveland Case Shocks World, Shows Dire Need for Amber Alert ChangesMay 8, 2013
- When Chronic Pain Hurts Your PerformanceMay 7, 2013
- My Flight From Honolulu to Oakland—Just Call Me AmeliaMarch 24, 2013
- Steubenville Trial: Teaching Today's Youth to Be Responsible Social Media UsersMarch 16, 2013
- My Big, Fat Hawaiian Vacation or "How to Have Fun While Working Away From Home"March 14, 2013
- My Response to Preston Commission AllegationsMarch 6, 2013
- Frontline documentary: Isolation was a factor in Sandy Hook massacreFebruary 20, 2013
- Facebook Does Exist to Communicate Ideas to Like-Minded PeopleFebruary 12, 2013
- Preston Shelter Ignored Neglected Dog: It Went BlindFebruary 7, 2013
- PETA, You've Been Lied To—Animal Shelter Manager Fired For Exposing Harmful Shelter ConditionsFebruary 5, 2013
- Animal Shelter Manager Suspended; Citizens Show Outpouring of SupportFebruary 4, 2013
- Steubenville rape case has many West Virginia connectionsJanuary 30, 2013
- Ringing in 2013: Let's make the world safe for women like Damini, Whitney and MalalaJanuary 1, 2013
201250
- Connecticut School Shooting Shows Need for Mental Health InterventionDecember 15, 2012
- Armed With Meds and a Plan to Combat Health IssuesDecember 4, 2012
- First Line of Defense: WVU Healthcare, Football, and Patient AdvocacyDecember 1, 2012
- Black Friday through Cyber Monday SpecialNovember 21, 2012
- NYT best-selling authors share secrets, build bonds, at beach retreatNovember 18, 2012
- The Price of Love and DiabetesNovember 13, 2012
- Why Do We Turn Our Heads When Hurricanes Happen?November 3, 2012
- Inaugural Run Helps Fight Domestic ViolenceOctober 20, 2012
- Traveling Solo: It Always Pays When Someone's "Got Your Back"October 16, 2012
- Is Sandusky's Sentence Merciful for His Victims?October 10, 2012
- When in Rome . . . Don’t Sleep in the AirportOctober 7, 2012
- Women's Fiction Festival and the Problem of PublishingSeptember 28, 2012
- Women's Fiction Festival: Just a TeaserSeptember 28, 2012
- Announcing Free Books, Free E-readers, a New Nonprofit and a 10K Charity Race for Abuse VictimsSeptember 23, 2012
- Mercedes Spirit Wise Died Needlessly in a Hot SUVSeptember 9, 2012
- Books-a-Fire GiveawaySeptember 1, 2012
- Fallen West Virginia Trooper Weighs On Our HeartsAugust 29, 2012
- Maybe It Wasn't Rape After AllAugust 21, 2012
- Mending Community and Moving Forward: Working For a Greater GoodAugust 15, 2012
- Free E-book Promotion, or How My Book Went to #2 Beside E.L. James' "Fifty Shades Darker" in 3 DaysJuly 21, 2012
- Is Farming is Deadly or Is This a Domestic Violence Case?July 14, 2012
- What Pearl S. Buck, Blueberries, and Bovines Have In CommonJune 28, 2012
- From the Voices of the Victims: ‘Who Would Believe a Kid?’June 25, 2012
- Sandusky: The Verdict that Rang Out Around the WorldJune 23, 2012
- Graphic Details About What McQueary, Janitor SawJune 22, 2012
- Jury Deliberates: Will Sandusky Walk or Wear Stripes?June 21, 2012
- On the Eve of Closing Arguments: Why Sandusky Insists He's InnocentJune 20, 2012
- Unanswered Questions in Sandusky Trial: Where Are Victims 2 and 8?June 19, 2012
- Advocating for Social Change: When Words Move PeopleJune 11, 2012
- Cultural Changes, Severe Consequences Needed to Reduce Domestic ViolenceMay 29, 2012
- 33,703 Readers Downloaded My Book in Three DaysMay 29, 2012
- Rockefeller to hold roundtable discussion about violenceMay 25, 2012
- Making Sense From Senseless ViolenceMay 16, 2012
- Leslie Layman Wasn't Ervin's First VictimMay 13, 2012
- Shannon Stafford: "She Was Like a Flawless Diamond"May 6, 2012
- 'Justice for Shannon Stafford"—Will Only Prevail When Toddler is SafeMay 2, 2012
- Young Mother's Execution Upsets CommunityMay 2, 2012
- Shannon Stafford: She Never Lost Faith, and Yet She DidApril 24, 2012
- My Advice to Jordan Powers: Read Between the LinesApril 10, 2012
- The Real Meaning of April 1st—Why the SOS Video Project Debuts TonightApril 1, 2012
- 'SOS: Silent No More" video going live Sunday!March 28, 2012
- Jordan Powers, Child Sexual Abuse and MeMarch 10, 2012
- Lights, camera, action: The Artist takes home five Academy AwardsFebruary 27, 2012
- Capitol Hill men to women: "You just stay in the kitchen where you belong, Sweetie"February 17, 2012
- Sister of Silence: 10 Reasons to Back the VideoFebruary 15, 2012
- Whitney Houston: Did she ever stop being a victim? Do any of us?February 12, 2012
- Managing a medical crisis, selling books, and soldiering onFebruary 9, 2012
- George Esper: war correspondent, beloved professor, friendFebruary 3, 2012
- WARNING: Road construction ahead—there will be bumpsJanuary 25, 2012
- How many cakes can I bake in 2012?January 16, 2012
201149
- Please help me continue doing what I love bestDecember 24, 2011
- He probably won't take it, but this is why Sandusky will receive a plea offerDecember 18, 2011
- What do homosexuality and 1-800-REALITY have to do with Sandusky's case? Everything!December 14, 2011
- Heading to Bellefonte, Pa.--not as a journalist, but as a fellow humanDecember 13, 2011
- Dottie: Is she one of Sandusky's victims, too?December 11, 2011
- More Than 1,000 Readers Enter Book ContestDecember 10, 2011
- Sister of Silence: Win a Free CopyDecember 1, 2011
- Helping Ourselves, Helping Others: Why It's Crucial For Victims to Come ForwardNovember 23, 2011
- Price Cut Reflects Desire to Reach More PeopleNovember 19, 2011
- "It Took Your Book for Me to Find Me"November 17, 2011
- Power, prestige and profits take priority over the plight of childrenNovember 9, 2011
- Sister of Silence: Please don't buy my e-BookNovember 4, 2011
- A welcome firstOctober 21, 2011
- Still trying to find AliayahOctober 16, 2011
- Trying to find AliayahOctober 7, 2011
- Aliayah Lunsford: A different kind of searchSeptember 30, 2011
- Sister of Silence banned at California high schoolSeptember 23, 2011
- Book tour 101—Part 1September 23, 2011
- When hay bales run amokSeptember 20, 2011
- "She thinks my tractor's sexy"September 15, 2011
- "Sister of Silence" feedback inspires optimismSeptember 8, 2011
- One mom's plans to use SOS as a homeschool toolJuly 14, 2011
- Thanks to B&N, Sister of Silence can now be purchased via "bricks & clicks"July 13, 2011
- San Francisco and all points beyondJuly 13, 2011
- SOS e-book: Virtual Celebration ends at 11:30 p.m. todayJuly 7, 2011
- Your book will speak to women from all levelsJuly 4, 2011
- Your wait is over: Sister of Silence to be made into an e-book!June 22, 2011
- SadJune 20, 2011
- Depression can push anyone over the edgeJune 14, 2011
- From coast to coast, from West Virginia to WisconsinJune 13, 2011
- World of F2F, virtual friends collide, helping to promote bookMay 26, 2011
- Facebook and Lashanda Armstrong: When hatred silences meaningful communicationMay 9, 2011
- Angelou: it takes courage to surviveApril 30, 2011
- Is being mooned, robbed and publicly flogged part of the job description?April 25, 2011
- Senseless? Funeral for one, rather than fourApril 20, 2011
- Remembering Lashanda—so we won't forgot other silent mothersApril 16, 2011
- When perseverance pays offApril 13, 2011
- What to do when you really, really want to listen to The Bob Edwards Show, but you don’t have Sirius XM Radio?March 17, 2011
- "I am those things because my mother . . . helped me to become them."March 10, 2011
- Every once in awhile, magic happensMarch 7, 2011
- Privacy is paramountMarch 5, 2011
- Bookshelves, Sister of Silence and the freedom to thinkMarch 1, 2011
- There is an upside to Lara Logan's assaultFebruary 18, 2011
- Mistakes—who doesn’t make them?February 12, 2011
- Reproductive violence cause of grave concernFebruary 4, 2011
- Doors close on teen momsFebruary 2, 2011
- How do you slow down a speeding train?January 28, 2011
- Arriving Soon: Sister of SilenceJanuary 9, 2011
- And yet here it is, 17 days later!January 3, 2011
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- Going once, going twice, $150,000 for a house, uh I mean, a new wardrobeOctober 23, 2008
- Racism in West Virginia? Does the Pope wear Prada?October 14, 2008
- Los Angeles family is a wake-up callOctober 8, 2008
- Pregnancy not the only danger for our daughtersSeptember 10, 2008
- We are failing our youthJuly 31, 2008
- Why today's parents need Joe Klein and Liz Claiborne, Inc.July 3, 2008
- Moving forwardApril 26, 2008
200620
- Domestic Violence Awareness MonthOctober 9, 2006
- Five Years Later — 9/11 ReflectionsSeptember 11, 2006
- Parents Beware: Misconceptions about the Natascha Kampusch case all too commonAugust 26, 2006
- Why am I always in NYC when the lights go out?July 25, 2006
- A state of being DixieJune 17, 2006
- Pandora causes pandemoniumMay 31, 2006
- Sago media speaks outApril 11, 2006
- The McCloy MiracleApril 9, 2006
- Going gaga over a GameboyMarch 26, 2006
- Mining jobs: Domestic violence increases with rising unemployment ratesMarch 4, 2006
- Remembering Dr. SeussMarch 2, 2006
- No Liars AllowedFebruary 14, 2006
- About SOS: from Hilda Heady - rural health expertFebruary 11, 2006
- Vital phone numbersJanuary 21, 2006
- Telling Terry GoodbyeJanuary 18, 2006
- Bedtime BluesJanuary 6, 2006
- Same old column - new formatJanuary 6, 2006
- Sister Of Silence: A MemoirJanuary 6, 2006
- How Doctors Can HelpJanuary 6, 2006
- About DaleenJanuary 6, 2006