Betty M Reeves is an author, producer, and self-publisher. She is also an arranger/composer, church musician, and retired music teacher. Betty has written two music books, "Melody Street: Story and Illustrations" and "Guitars & Folk Songs: An Anthology." The first was listed in the internationally-recognized catalog, Kodaly-Related Publications. She continues telling Bible stories in "The Story of Glops," a Christian historical fiction series for children, middle grades, and young adults. One of her books debuted at #1 New Release in Noah's Ark Stories at Kindle, and another debuted at #1 in Teen and Young Adult Christian Bible Stories at Amazon. Two others were nominated for the Christian Indie Awards. Her short stories appear in three anthologies. 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 holds 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. The “Glops” creator is Elayne M Hoover-Sims. She enjoys storytelling, martial arts, and all kinds of creative crafts, especially Hittie dolls and doll houses. She is a project manager for Catapult systems, an IT outsourcing company. Her studies include coursework at Metropolitan State College of Denver and Angelo State University. 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. Elayne and Don currently live in Austin, Texas, with several adorable pets.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. Read more about this authorRead less about this author