Karen Crumley

Karen Crumley

About

Over 20 years ago Wannabe ballerina K. Crumley hung up her point shoes, and sat down at the typewriter. A long-time lover of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, Brothers Grimm, and Oscar Wilde led her to create stories of her own.  The most notable was The Golden Rose.  Crumley enrolled in Writer's Digest School for short fiction writing and improved her craft.  Ms. Crumley branched out, and began to create horror stories like Carousel, and more mature stories such as the novella Wishful Thinking, in which the protagonist is coincidentally a ballerina. 

Does K. Crumley ever regret her changing careers, from dancing to writing.  In a word:  No.

"It's all up from here"  Crumley states, as she launches her own small press Dragondreamz Publications, along with the quarterly periodical Full Armor Magazine.

My Little Angel Coloring Book

My Little Angel Coloring Book

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<p>Does your child have a Guardian Angel?</p><p>Share a day in the life of a little girl whose tiny guardian angel named Angela sits on her shoulder to keep the child safe and guide her through the day.</p><p>Her activities include getting the girl ready for school, crossing the street, being polite and kind to friends, learning her lessons, fastening her seatbelt while traveling, being aware of stranger-danger, praying for her pets, and reminding her constantly that she is loved.</p><p>Once again social values are emphasized in this latest illustrated children's coloring book by award-winning author Sherrill S. Cannon. This is the author's third rhyming children's coloring book.</p><p>Meet many classroom friends from the author's previous books, as My Little Angel Angela guides this child throughout her day.</p><p>The author says, &quot;This book is dedicated to our oldest son, who lost his battle with cancer in August 2021. He is my Special Angel.&quot;</p><p><strong>About The Author:</strong> Sherrill S. Cannon is the author of 10 award-winning children's books that have won nearly 100 awards (and counting), including Santa's Birthday Gift, Peter and the Whimper-Whineys, The Magic Word, Gimme-Jimmy, Manner-Man, My Fingerpaint Masterpiece, Mice &amp; Spiders &amp; Webs...Oh My!, The Golden Rule, My Little Angel and David's ADHD, as well as two award-winning poetry books, A Penny for Your Thoughts, and A Dime is a Sign. Her other two coloring books are Peter and the Whimper-Whineys Coloring Book and The Golden Rule Coloring Book. She is also a playwright, with seven published and internationally performed plays for elementary school children. A former teacher, the author's goal in each of her books is to teach good manners as well as caring for others.</p>

Story Behind The Book

I think it's pretty obvious that this story was inspired by the Ben Rothlesberger rape cases. I had real issues with the fact that (in my educated opinion) he is guilty, and seemed to just get away with it... People still star-worshiped him, and praised him for his athletic skill...even though (to me) he was nothing more than a common criminal. I needed a creative way to express my outrage, and this story became just that for me. This real life case was not the only inspiration for this short story. The television show NCIS lent some inspiration to the character Astrid; as did the episode about rubber masks and disguises. Col. Briggs was inspired by the character J.R. Ewing from Dallas.

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