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cheryl head

cheryl head

About

I tried lots of things before I settled down to be a writer.   

My career as a television producer, filmmaker, broadcast executive, media funder has taken me to every continent except Antarctica and Australia.  I'm an ardent observer, always trying to connect the dots.  I get help from my characters for both story and dialogue--I've learned to listen to them.  

Much of what I write will focus on diversity (in its broadest sense) because I am passionate about its merits.  But my stories are not didatic and have a heaping tablespoon of humor, danger, & fun.  Oh, and always food.  

I've written Long Way Home: A World War II Novel (available on Amazon) about the daily lives and self-discovery of two black soldiers-including a WAAC-who served stateside during WWII.  My current projects are a mystery series called The Charlie Mack Mysteries (set in Detroit with a  female Private Investigator) and another novel that chronicles one woman's spiral into homelessness.   I'm also writing and editing a gaggle of short stories about families and the situations in which they find themselves.

I live in Washington, DC but please don't blame me for that!

The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky

The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky

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<p><em style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">After centuries of religiously motivated war, the world has been split in two. Now the Blessed Lands are ruled by pure faith, while in the Republic, reason is the guiding light—two different realms, kept apart and at peace by a treaty and an ocean.</em><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">Children of the Republic, Helena and Jason were inseparable in their youth, until fate sent them down different paths. Grief and duty sidetracked Helena’s plans, and Jason came to detest the hollowness of his ambitions.</span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">These two damaged souls are reunited when a tiny boat from the Blessed Lands crashes onto the rocks near Helena’s home after an impossible journey across the forbidden ocean. On board is a single passenger, a nine-year-old girl named Kailani, who calls herself “the Daughter of the Sea and the Sky.” A new and perilous purpose binds Jason and Helena together again, as they vow to protect the lost innocent from the wrath of the authorities, no matter the risk to their future and freedom.</span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">But is the mysterious child simply a troubled little girl longing to return home? Or is she a powerful prophet sent to unravel the fabric of a godless Republic, as the outlaw leader of an illegal religious sect would have them believe? Whatever the answer, it will change them all forever… and perhaps their world as well.</span></p>

Story Behind The Book

I began writing this story after viewing Ken Burns' successful documentary, The War. Most WWII novels, films and documentaries focus on the valor of soldiers in combat. That's where the action is. But for many Negro soldiers who served during World War II, hoping to achieve glory in battle, the experience was far different. Unit after unit of black servicemen and women were resigned to be left behind. Away from the front lines and glory in battle. Instead they served in in a segregated U. S. military where their daily battles were personal but nonetheless courageous. Long Way Home tells the story of two of these soldiers.

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