A native Tulsan, Victoria lives in the Oklahoma City metro with her husband, Michael, and two goofy dogs. They share a beautiful blended family. Victoria started out teaching junior and senior high students, but switched to television and has been a producer, news anchor, and a reporter. She also hosted radio talk shows, and was a national voice talent, having written hundreds of radio and television commercials. She has written, voiced and produced over twenty-five documentaries. An Addy award winner, she graduated summa cum laude from Emerson College in Boston and did her honors graduate work in professional writing at the University of Oklahoma. A person of faith and a proud member of the Osage nation, she is often asked to be a public speaker. She loves to read, binge watch TV shows, play games and spend time with friends and family.
For questions, comments, or your thoughts on the book, you may email Victoria at info@nativeredbirdbooks.net.
Elizabeth Waters’ life is a whirlwind of organized chaos. As an Emmy-nominated photojournalist struggling in a down economy, her hands are full managing twin daughters, aging parents, a wounded Navy Seal son, a live-in domestic couple, and a husband—Charlie the Cowboy Preacher—whose ranch profits feed a growing congregation of Friday-night cowboys.
Just when things couldn’t get busier, her world-traveling, 85-year-old Aunt Cin arrives, suffers a heart attack, falls in love online, and decides to plan a wedding! Between managing her eccentric family, supporting her best-friend-turned-female Marty, and leaning on lifelong friends Glam and Gloria, Liz’s sense of humor and grace are tested at every turn.
In Good Morning, What’s Your Name?, Liz discovers unexpected strengths and must say goodbye to her old life to blaze a trail toward a brand new one.
Thank you for taking the time to look around. Eighteen years ago I tucked my mother into bed for the night. She lived with us and she was battling Alzheimer’s. I whispered goodnight to her. And she just looked at me and said, “Oh, goodnight…” I stood there realizing she didn’t know who I was anymore. I thought to myself, goodnight whoever you are. That heartbreaking moment actually sparked my very first story. I wrote it just to keep myself sane. Because writing it made me laugh and cry all at once.
And now we’re diving back into that beautiful chaos with my new book, Good Morning, What’s Your Name?
We follow Elizabeth Waters as she tries to hold together a crowded, crumbling historic home in Tulsa. She’s juggling hormonal twin daughters, aging parents, and a wounded Navy Seal son who just returned from the war. Her husband Charlie is a Cowboy Preacher who runs a working ranch to feed his dusty congregation. But the real trouble starts when her eighty-five-year-old Aunt Cin shows up in the front yard riding a baby elephant.
Aunt Cin suffers a sudden heart attack and unexpectedly finds the love of her life online while recovering. So now Liz has to plan a wedding. She leans on her lifelong friends and the grace of God to navigate this wonderfully blended family. Because sometimes you have to completely say goodbye to your old life to blaze a fresh trail toward a new one.
I’d absolutely love to hear your thoughts after you read it. So grab a warm cup of coffee and drop me an email when you finally turn that very last page.
She has managed to write a faith based story including human stories with real consequences most faith based publishers would rather not touch. I found it funny, contemporary and very authentic.
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