About McCartney Green
McCartney Green was born in Philadelphia but spent the majority of her childhood and adult life in Atlanta. She married young and gave birth to seven beautiful children. Like many women tend to do, she lost herself under the labels of wife and mother. But she found herself again when she found writing. The moment she sat down with a pen and a spiral notebook, (because she was too broke to buy a computer,) she knew she'd found her passion. "Writing is my absolute bliss. When I'm writing I'm happy. When I'm writing I'm fulfilled."
The first little love story she began in that notebook, turned into many notebooks. She had no idea when she began that she'd end up with an epic. Those notebooks translated into 1500 typed pages! At the time she knew nothing about the publishing industry, so when she approached a publisher with her giant manuscript she was extremely indignant when they laughed at her.
"Heck, I was thinking people would be getting a real deal... so much book for their money!" 
That was many years ago. When she became a member of the Georgia Romance Writers she told them about her original giant manuscript. An author who was speaking to the group about getting their novels finished encouraged them to write just five pages a day. Then she pointed her finger at McCartney. "Except you," she said sternly. "You take away five pages a day. Unfortunately not all are as prolific as you."
McCartney did what she said. She took away, and took away and finally had it down to 500 pages, still too long for a first novel. Many writing classes and seminars and discussion groups later, she moved on to another story. And being prolific, another story, and another and another...you get the picture. Thus began the "virtual world" of the Dandelions Series.
Her novels tend to address serious women's issues and she is an advocate for the empowerment of women. If you haven't read the "Did You Know" page, please take the time to do so. It's surprising in this day and age that these things are still so very common. Knowledge is power. Spread the word.
"Can you believe that I've actually received hate maill from some men who were angry that I would dare speak out about violence against women?" McCartney says. "I admit, their words shook me up. If they do that to me, imagine what they do to the women in their lives." Fortunately not all men are like that. McCartney is definitely no "man-hater," which is obvious from her books. "I love men. Good, gentle, strong, loving, confident men who treat the women in their lives with love and respect." Here's to ya! Peace out.
(This picture was taken in 2009 before I let my hair go to it's natural color... gray! Just got tired of coloring my hair and decided to try to age gracefully. We'll just have to see how long I can go before vanity takes hold!)
