Piper Templeton’s first book, Rain Clouds and Waterfalls was published on Kindle in May 2014. She followed it up with a women's fiction/mystery set in New Orleans, Beneath the Shady Tree. Piper volunteers for a reading program for second graders, hoping to instill a love of reading in them. Her second novel Beneath the Shady Tree is available on both Kindle and print.
On the Way to Work – Relevancy
On the way to work, Shirley Lamothe stopped on her porch to pet the new cat. She had ceased naming the felines long ago. The strays tended to congregate around her modest, wood frame rental house because she put out dishes of food and water and allowed them entry into the house if they so desired. They kept her company, as Brian stayed mainly sequestered in his tiny boyhood bedroom, Read more.
Christmas Charm
Aunt Mathilda holds the snowflake charm in her hand; her sixth sense takes charge; she places it in a drawer. A woman visits her niece’s consignment store with check in hand and Mathilda puts two and two together. “Christmas Charm” is a story in the wonderful Mathilda series by Piper Templeton. Read more.
Rummage Sale – A Mathilda Dupre Story
“Rummage Sale” features Mathilda Dupre, the main character in a short story series by Piper Templeton, whose sixth sense leads her to problematic situations and compels her to act in the most surprising of ways. Read more.
Miss Landry’s Farm
Read more.
On the Way to Work
.m5ws-0.x-section{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;border-top-width:0;border-right-width:0;border-bottom-width:0;border-left-width:0;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;z-index:1;}.m5ws-1.x-container{max-width:720px;margin-top:0em;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:0em;margin-left:auto;border-top-width:0;border-right-width:0;border-bottom-width:0;border-left-width:0;padding-top:10px;padding-right:0em;padding-bottom:0em;padding-left:0em;font-size:1em;text-align:left;box-shadow:none;z-index:1;}.m5ws-2.x-column{border-top-width:0;border-right-width:0;border-bottom-width:0;border-left-width:0;box-shadow:none;z-index:1;}
On the way to work, Annabel Prentiss found herself stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic. An 18-wheeler had careened into a ditch off of the highway, and the back half of the rig blocked two lanes of traffic. Good thing her job didn’t require a clock-in time. It didn’t require much of anything, truthfully, except transcription skills and perseverance to put up with the hogwash at the office. She scoped deposition testimony Read more.
Why I Write
.m2pq-0.x-section{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;border-top-width:0;border-right-width:0;border-bottom-width:0;border-left-width:0;padding-right:0px;padding-left:0px;z-index:1;}.m2pq-1.x-section{padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;}.m2pq-2.x-section{padding-top:25px;padding-bottom:45px;}.m2pq-3.x-container{margin-top:0em;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:0em;margin-left:auto;border-top-width:0;border-right-width:0;border-bottom-width:0;border-left-width:0;font-size:1em;box-shadow:none;z-index:1;}.m2pq-4.x-container{text-align:center;}.m2pq-5.x-container{max-width:720px;}.m2pq-6.x-column{border-top-width:0;border-right-width:0;border-bottom-width:0;border-left-width:0;box-shadow:none;z-index:1;}.m2pq-7.x-column{text-align:center;}.m2pq-8.x-text{max-width:720px;border-top-width:0;border-right-width:0;border-bottom-width:0;border-left-width:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:1em;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1.4;letter-spacing:0em;text-transform:none;color:rgba(0,0,0,1);}.m2pq-8.x-text > :first-child{margin-top:0;}.m2pq-8.x-text > :last-child{margin-bottom:0;}
In the last year, I’ve taken an active, more formal approach to my writing by publishing an indie book on Kindle and CreateSpace, which led to submitting short stories here on bookscover2cover. However, looking back, the writer has always lived inside of me, that compulsion other authors will recognize to create stories on a blank sheet of paper. My earliest writing memory goes back to grade school. I was around Read more.