Texas Beauty Queen Murdered, Suspect Apprehended

Texas author spins clever page-turner about sibling rivalry, pick-up trucks, Texas music, old-fashion Christian guilt and the murder of a beauty queen.

(PRWEB) April 23, 2004 --Cindy Daniel didnt grow up wanting to be a writer. It is a dream she envisioned after scaling stumbling blocks that many would have found too high to climb. A divorce survivor raising teenagers alone, Daniel heard those breath-robbing words no person on the planet ever wants to hear. You have cancer," the doctor said.

It was a terrifying blow. But she didnt quit. She never even slowed down. She fought breast cancer and won, married the man of her dreams, and never looked back. She said she began writing in December of 2001 just to see if she could do it; completed the manuscript for Death Warmed Over in May 2002; and began searching for a publisher. It didnt take long.

While she did receive a stack of rejections from various publishing houses, in November, 2002 Quiet Storm Publishing jumped at the chance to publish the story and immediately inked a three-book deal with Daniel.

She will be at the Hastings on Texoma Parkway in Sherman, Texas on April 24th from 11 -- 2 to discuss her road to publishing, her battle with breast cancer, and her love of mysteries.