Bøger af Linda Hudson Hoagland

Many of my stories are based on truth that have been embellished with fiction. I think that idea holds true for many writers.All of my stories I have included in this book have been published and many of them have won awards. Some of my essays of truth have been added to this book to give you an idea of how portions of my life have been lived.

You will find 57 award winning poems including "The Mountain Top" in this new collection of poetry by Linda Hudson Hoagland. Through her poetry, she leads you to follow the ups and downs of what life has to offer.

A collection of poetry to the women of the world

Could a quilt be controlling my life? You'll have to read the book to find out.

Tommy Jones is a mountain man coming out of the West Virginia countryside with a story to tell and he asked me, Linda Hudson Hoagland, to help him tell it.Tommy grew up as a poverty-stricken child, falling in and out of poverty when he was an adult working man.Now, in his declining years, Tommy and Sharon, his wife, are living on Social Security and whatever God sees fit for them to have.Because Tommy was poor, he learned what it was like for others to give him a helping hand when he needed that boost. His goal in life from boyhood to the present day was to give back to those who needed a helping hand. He always looked at it as a hand up in life, not a hand out.

Ellen remains naïve and trusting until she allows Bertha, a young mother with three children, move into her home to share expenses. Bertha leads Ellen down the path to a life that is just a step away from prison. Ellen meets new men, even though her husband told her no one would ever want her. Unfortunately, those new men are not what she needs in her life. They teach her things about life that she really doesn't need to know. All Ellen asks is that you don't judge her until and unless you have traveled in her shoes.

People will assume every bad thing Ellen endured was true and every good thing was an embellishment to make her look good. Ellen will not tell you what is true and what is not. She won't tell you whether it's all true or whether it's not. The only way to figure out what's real and what isn't is to know the writer. Ellen doesn't regret anything she has ever done because, at the time she did it, it was necessary. Can you say that? Can you say you've lived your life and have no regrets? All Ellen asks is that you don't judge her until and unless you have traveled in her shoes.

I have felt through the years that even though I didn't get much of an education and that I was raised hard with only the bare necessities being met, I didn't have to turn bad by learning to rob, cheat, and steal to get what I wanted out of life. Instead of following the path to destruction, I worked at making myself a smarter, better person so I could support my family well enough and not consider myself poor. Being poor isn't wrong, it was just that I didn't want to be poor-- not anymore. I have traveled through the years of extreme poverty to a point in my life when I was worth a million plus dollars. That isn't the case right now, but it might be again. Linda Hudson Hoagland, author, has helped me get this story told and I hope you enjoy reading about my life as much as I have enjoyed living it.

Ellen's husband is in the hospital. She is hijacked in the hospital parking lot while trying to go home to check on the house and feed the pets. Will she get back to the hospital or not? Will her beloved Sonny survive this latest heart scare? Read the book to find out.

Ellen made the move from Ohio to Virginia in hopes of finding out who murdered her reclusive Uncle Jim. In search of the truth, she was almost killed herself along with the only two friends she had made since the move. What was the cause of these deep, dark, hidden secrets?

Live a Little is Book #1 of the Ellen Chronicles series. Living a sheltered childhood is not always good. Ellen discovers deceit and pain as she travels through life from being a naïve country girl to acquiring the basic instincts to survive in the big city. Ellen faces not one crossroad, but many, and she does not always choose the correct path. Ellen didn't choose to be fat, but she is. Ellen didn't choose to become pregnant with her first child while unmarried, but it was her fault, and she knows it. All she asks is that you don't judge her until and unless you've traveled in her shoes.

I dove into the computer age kicking and screaming and never knew my novel would get me thrown in jail for planning a murder of a colleague. How was I going to explain what was found on my hard drive?

I didn't start out as a poet because prose was my choice of writing. Happenings, in my life and to those I know, inspired me to put them into poetic terms that required a special choice of meaningful words. Many of my selections were events that took place in and around my home in Southwest Virginia where I am surrounded by the beauty and majesty of the mountains. The people here are an inspiration to my everyday life.

4 people in Ellen Holcombe's life have gone missing. She must try to find out why and she knows it has something to do with the white backwards house across the street from her.

A collection of short stories that have won awards in journals, literary magazines, and included in anthologies.

A selection of poetry from all facets of my life.

A collection of short stories and essays that have won acclaim in contests, magazines, journals, and writing venues.

Lindsay Harris, mother of Emily, Ellen, and Ryan, has to face the most unanticipated event in her life when her youngest child, Ryan, is involved with drug dealers. He is only 11 years old and she is at a total loss on what she should do to get him out of this mess.Lindsay''s dream of a tame, normal life has evaporated and she along with her friend, Jed, must do the job for the police when they are attacked in her home.Lindsay is no different from any other single mother, except that she is determined that her children should survive all of the evils the world has to offer.How to stop the evils of the drug world from taking over Ryan''s life and the lives of the remainder of her family becomes her focus.This story tells you, the reader, what Lindsay had to do to help her son, and she learns along the way that snooping can be regrettable.

Ghosts and a haunted house are the enticements that pull Emily and her friend, Tim Riley, into the dilemma of being held hostage along with two of the local legal authorities who felt it necessary to search for the teenagers. Lindsay, Ellen, Ryan, Jed, and Marnie look for the truth and the kids.

Ella Hutchins discovers that she is the strong woman of Appalachian stock. She knows she is when she must overcome a tragic event in her life that takes away her reason for living. Her sons are long gone with families of their own so she and Sammy are there for each other. When that life ends, she struggles to start a new life.