: About Me

While in college, I decided to go for a double major.  I received my bachelor's degrees in Middle Childhood Education and Library Science.  Having a strong interest in books and writing, I finished my master's in Library Science at Georgia State University in Atlanta while I was teaching in the classroom. 

While teaching and working in the library, I wrote – fiction and nonfiction.  I'm proud to say that I have three children's picture books published by Richard C. Owen Publishers and a story printed in Humpty Dumpty Magazine.  I'm still writing children's books and enjoy going to schools for author talks.

While writing creatively, I also wrote nonfiction parenting and educational articles for various magazines. Some of them can be found here: EduGuide. (Parenting and educational articles). I am now writing juvenile nonfiction articles for Appleseeds Magazine.

Unfortunately, about 13 years ago, by body started going numb. I had trouble walking and things only got worse. Nobody could find out what was wrong, but I had to stop writing and focus on working and my family.  Writing was extra and I couldn't continue it. Then about 10 years ago the doctors found spots in my brain. They were lesions.  I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. It's taken awhile to get the medicine and my symptoms straight, but now I'm back to writing and I have Helium to thank for the spark that got me going again.

Helium has offered me a whole new place to expand and improve my writing. I love writing educational, health, and history articles and I'm exploring many other areas.

If you want to talk to me or ask any questions or have any suggestions, please feel free to contact me through "contact this writer".

If you want to learn more about my published work, here are some sites:

Just Jimmy

Ravenstone Press

Review

My passion is ...

reading, writing, my family, and needlework (not in that order)

I know too much about ...

I can never know too much. If I learn a little each day, I never grow old.

My parents always told me ...

I can do what I want if I worked at it.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a teacher and librarian. I did it until I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

My favorite memory ...

my dad swimming out to get me as the raft I was on floated out to sea.

Why I write ...

I write for children and adults. By writing for children, I want to get them interested in reading and using their imagination. When I write for adults, I want to give them information.

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

a little bit of everything.

My first job ...

working for a bank. It really makes you think about how much money you don't have.

My best moment ...

There are lots of them - I can't pick just one.

My inspiration ...

my family

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