Day 28 of the RWISA author blog tour! Today, I’m truly chuffed to be hosting mystery writer LINDA MIMS, whose debut novel, The Neon Houses, came out late last year.

(Be sure to click the link at the end of this piece for more information about  Linda and her work)

You Take the Blue Pill, the Story Ends. You Take the Red Pill …

by Linda Mims

I was sixteen when I first suspected that I might be the one. I’d seen people in my family striving for excellence all my life. My parents’ friends were creative types who often took time to quiz me about my goals and what I was doing to achieve them. I had been persistently pleading with a leader at my church who had the power to make one of my goals a reality.

This woman headed the Womens’ Ministry. Everything from church…