Brief Author Bio:

I started like many of you back in high school. The hadn't written anything in close to twenty years. It took a life event to get me started again. The death of my father back in March of 1994. I began a novel in long hand, in a spiral note book. When I got my first computer some eight-teen months later I began typing up the one thirty-seven page manuscript. Haven't touched that project in six years. The death of a dear friend who had been an editor at large made even trying to continue with the story unthinkable for years.

I am used to a weekly (Board) format for writing contests. I was a regular poster for contests back when AOL had a writers site they hosted. I have earned bronze & silver mostly in the contests online. Won, one for which I received a blank journal and some soothing hand lotion for these weary hands and they hours spent hammering away on ye old keyboard.

Non Writing Priorities:

Some vows I've made to myself as a woman in my 40's.

Never letting anyone take advantage of my good nature as I have a tendency toward being a “bit” of a caregiver.

Try to never go backwards and repeating old mistakes, learning from the old ones', learning and working on my craft [writing].

Living a passionate life, a life filled with becoming who I was meant to be, and being surprised.

(Meeting and marrying my husband has fulfilled all these criteria, and we're not even together four full years yet!)

My greatest source of strength has been my belief in God, the love, friendship and trust of my husband, and a healthy sense of humor.