I am raising 3 daughters on my own, my oldest will be 17 in December, my youngest will be 6 in December, and the one in the middle will be 7 in March. I've been freelance writing for about 7 years, and finally I am finally able to dedicate myself to my writing full time. Before that, I'd been doing in-home childcare in order to pay the bills. Writing has always been a way for me to express myself, and to keep myself sane, well mostly, most of the time. LOL

My passion is ...

Poetry

I know too much about ...

Childrens television

My parents always told me ...

That I had an attitude problem

My childhood ambition ...

To be a famous writer

My favorite memory ...

Ice skating on a hidden pond in the woods behind our house

Why I write ...

Because I have to, it keeps me sane

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Any thing by Stephen King, or Anne McCaffery, Crime dramas, the history channel, country, classic rock

My first job ...

I was a pin setter at the local Lions Club

My best moment ...

Winning $50.00 in a poetry contest

My inspiration ...

My children

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When I was in third grade, it was decided that I was not reading at grade level, so I was placed in a reading development class. Little did they realize that they were creating a monster. For all of that year, I was given help to improve my reading skills. My teachers and my foster parents read with me, read to me, and listened to me read. Every free moment I had was dedicated to reading. By the end of the school year, I was addicted. I have been devouring books ever since. By junior high school I had started writing my own short stories and poetry. In high school, I had my own required rea...

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