I grew up in Northwestern Ohio, among wheat and cornfields. But since I left college, I've lived everywhere from Georgia and the Carolinas to Wyoming, Utah, California and Oregon. My Dad was a farmer, and farming has a way of teaching one perseverance, patience, and hard work. All these things combined, I feel, give me a broad base from which to shape my characters, as well as the perseverance to work through the snags and irritation of shaping plots and plotting story lines.

I first started writing in high school, but have only recently begun to write for publication. My first published book was Gambler's Folly, which was published in 2013. Since then, I have published three other novels and have one awaiting cover art.

My latest published book is Morgan--The Pixie and the Green Man. Morgan was a minor character in the first book of the Esperance Series, Jareth, First Lord. I liked her so much, I decided to write a story with her as the central character, digging into her back story and writing a happy ending for her. Sort of a story within a story.

The Esperance Series characters often times have psychic or magical Talents, everything from teleportation and mental telepathy to remote viewing. The man who wins Morgan's heart has Talents specific to his family, and along the way, we discover that Morgan has Talents nobody realized until after her marriage.

The market is so chaotic out there that trying to get anyone to even look at a new author's writing is nearly impossible. But so many friends and relatives had read my novels and urged me to publish, I decided to go ahead and take the plunge. Now I can publish my books my way and keep more of the profits rather than pay everyone else and keep the crumbs.

Getting my stories out for people to enjoy. I love to hear what makes my books unique for the people who read them.

I have another book on the way for the Gambler's Folly series, following Dante's Angel, and a stand-alone in an alternate reality of the American Northwest coming out soon. I also have another series which I hope to get put up on Smashwords soon.

I Love Vonnie Davis and Angel Nicholas as far as contemporary romance writers. Other favorites include Terry Pratchett, Glen Cook, Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers.

The cats begging to be fed... Oh, you meant other than that? The idea of putting new thoughts on paper.

We have chickens and dogs outside as well as a vegetable garden, so there is always something to do. I'm also a Reiki practitioner.

Many different places. I have a lot of author friends on Facebook and Twitter, and I get notices from Amazon about authors I've read.

Yes. It hasn't been published yet. As a first attempt, the story is good, but there is a lot of editing to be done. I called it Mistaken Identity, and it is a romantic fantasy intrigue.

I usually start having a recurring dream about a particular scene in a story. If I sit down and begin writing from that point forward, I get an idea of where the scene occurs in the story. Then I just sit and let it flow.