About Authors

- AUTHOR

Betty M Reeves has two music books, Melody Street: Story and Illustrations and Guitars & Folk Songs: An Anthology. The first was listed in the internationally-recognized Kodaly-Related Publications. The Story of Glops, is a Christian historical fiction series of eleven books for children, middle grade, teens and young adults. Two of her Glops books debuted at #1 in their categories on Kindle and Amazon; four were nominiated for Christian Indie Awards and for Illumination Book Awards in Christian-themed books. Betty also writes short stories. She is a self-published author, audiobook producer, and musician. Betty's Music & Publishing is her company.

She is a member of Christian Indie Books, Texas High Plains Writers Association, Word Weavers Critique Group, Literary Ladies Book Club, and First Baptist Church of Amarillo. Betty hold degrees from WTA&M and TTU. She and her husband, Glenn, live in Borger and Amarillo. They are blessed with five children, nine grandchildren, many great-grandchildren, and an adorable Yorkie.

My older brother and I lived with our parents on a cotton farm about half-way between Amherst and Sudan, about fifty miles northwest of Lubbock, and close to the center of the South Plains. Living on the farm had its blessings, such as space, land, sky, and seeing stars at night. The negative points were distance from grocery stores, school, church, and friends.

My mother saw to it that I had piano lessons, which meant driving me to the piano studio every week for eight years until I turned fourteen and got my driver's license. I loved playing piano and singing. I was never lonely with music as my best friend. From the time I was eight, I sang specials in church. When I was about twelve, I began playing piano in church, too. When I played or sang publicly, my dad became more nervous than I did!

I also loved to read. Once, I kept a record of the books I read in the summer. The list included twenty-seven, closed-door romantic fiction novels by the Queen of Romance, Barbara Cartland.

After high-school graduation, I went to university to continue my studies in music. A year later, I dropped out of school to have a family. One son and one daughter later, I returned to university to continue studies in music education. After graduation, I moved to Borger, TX, where I taught general music including sincing, choir, music history, UIL music memory, guitar, and recorders for twenty-three years.

- GLOPS CREATOR

Many have asked how the idea of the glops came about. Elayne's older sister needed help with a college assignment. Elayne, 14 years old at the time, helped her sister by quickly writing a short story about a funny, inquisitive little creature. About twenty-five years later, Elayne's mother, Betty, was looking in some files and found the short story. Betty had an idea, but what would Elayne think? "Go for it, Mom," she said. That was when Betty expanded the story and published it.

Elayne M Hoover-Sims enjoys storytelling, martial arts, and all kinds of creative crafts, especially Hittie dolls and doll houses.

Elayne and her husband, Don, are actively involved with the Kingdom of Ansteorra in the Society for Creative Anachronism, an international community learning about the arts, skills, and culture of the Medieval and Renaissance Eras. They currently live in Austin, Texas, with several adorable pets.

Elayne is a project manager or Catapult systems, an IT outsourcing company. Her studies include coursework at at Metropolitan State College of Denver and Angelo State University.

I have loved books from the time I was a toddler. I would sit still for long periods of time when anyone read to me. My extensive vocabulary drew the attention of my third grade teacher, who placed me in an advanced class. At bedtime, Mother and I would read from a series of books until the last page and immediately begin another series.

Dear daughter,

You are beautiful, full of imagination, creativity,
and fun. I am tremendously proud of you.

I love you!
Mom