Freelance writer who enjoys fantasy worlds, travel, teenagers, and the magic in every day life, most of the time.
My passion is ...
finding magic in the everyday.
I know too much about ...
the odds of publishing any of my five fantasy MG/YA children's novels.
My parents always told me ...
"Learn how to type."
My childhood ambition ...
to become an actress.
My favorite memory ...
seeing my husband for the first time.
Why I write ...
because it makes me happy.
What I am reading/watching/listening to ...
Feed by MT Anderson, Into the Wild Soundtrack
My first job ...
waitress at Marshall Fields.
My best moment ...
when I told people I had a daughter. Lucky for me, that happened twice.
My inspiration ...
to tell one good story.
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I love that my husband is in construction. I think it was when Joe's dad, Ray, passed that the differences and similarities in our lives were the most noticeable. I don't know why. But receiving the last minute phone call at work to go to Fresno to be with Ray in his last days clarified how different worlds can be. See, Ray's world and Joe's world are made of things people can touch, stand in and cultivate. They drill the remote land where sheep and cows graze, they grow crops, and are at the mercy of the weather in a way only farmers and ranchers understand. Everything they create is seen...
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Member since: November 2007
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