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Phette Ogburn

Phette Ogburn

About

Born in Wayne, Michigan, when she was little, Phette Ogburn dreamt of becoming a secretary. She would watch in awe as her mother adroitly tapped the keys of the typewriter without looking. After over ten years in the secretarial field and reaching a typing speed as high as 97 gwpm, Phette still felt unfulfilled.

A married mom with two daughters and a cat who comes up from the basement only when she and her husband are home alone, Phette began writing in journals when she was fifteen years old –and has all of them dating from 1995. As far back as she can remember, words have always fascinated her. So much in fact, former co-workers nicknamed her “D.G.” for Dictionary Girl because she read it faithfully.

While taking college courses at Henry Ford Community College, she was urged by two instructors to go into writing in some capacity. Not believing enough in herself, she shelved the idea and sat on it for many years.

She started actively pursuing her passion in 2004 and vividly remembers seeing Tyler Perry on the Oprah Winfrey show when she had an “AHA” moment and said to herself that she, too, can write stories for the world to read and see.

When she’s not reading the dictionary for fun, she’s either spending time with family, writing, reading books, watching television or a movie. Some of her favorite movies are: Love & Basketball, The Five Heartbeats, Grease, Rent, Baby Boy, Save the Last Dance, Love Jones and A Low Down Dirty Shame. Reality TV is her guilty pleasure, and drama shows are where she draws her biggest inspiration for writing.

She is a co-writer for the urban blog Anderson Place and helps coordinate the Motown Book Club . She released a book of short stories in August 2011, and is currently working on her first novel, tentatively titled Innocence, GA.  Her first film –Sext Messaging, based on her short story S & M: Sexts & Messaging, is slated for production early February 2012. Join the Sext Messaging Fan Page to learn more.

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

It Can Happen To You is a collection of short stories, written at different times in my life. Each one not only tells a story, but also teaches a lesson.

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<a href="http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/Taneshaw"><font color="#336699">Tanesha Wells</font></a> on Aug. 31, 2011 : <img alt="star" src="http://www.smashwords.com/static/img/star.png" width="16" height="16" /><img alt="star" src="http://www.smashwords.com/static/img/star.png" width="16" height="16" /><img alt="star" src="http://www.smashwords.com/static/img/star.png" width="16" height="16" /><img alt="star" src="http://www.smashwords.com/static/img/star.png" width="16" height="16" /><br />It CAN happen to you! Phette Ogburn takes you on a dramatic journey of love, lust, and loss. Her characters offer that realism that bring stories to life. The boldness of Kenzu, Nya's burden of truth, and po' round the way Destinee. This book will leave your mouth watering and wanting for more. I'm waiting for volume 2!<br /><p><br />It starts innocently enough. A simple hello, a comment about a post or picture and suddenly you find yourself engrossed in a stimulating conversation with a perfect stranger. It’s all perfectly innocent. Matching wits with someone who stimulates you intellectually can be both arousing and thought provoking. Picture such a scenario as Author Phette Ogburn relates a real life experience in, S &amp; M: Sexts &amp; Messaging, one of three short stories in her newly released book, “It can happen to you.” -JM Collins of SSW Magazine</p>