My writing journey belongs to the greatest author of all time, God. Also, to my family and friends who have been my champion supporters, and especially my husband TJ who is my constant encouragement. He also knows just when to bring the dish of Resse's and put on another pot of coffee.

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I think I speak for many writers when I say fulfillment is found in creating characters readers can relate to and connect with. When writing I pray for God's guidance in developing stories where readers can escape and hopefully are transformed from worries and troubles and even for just a little while have a moments peace.

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The hunger to write came to me early in life. While growing up my parents read to me constantly and them gave me books at every opportunity. They were conscious about shielding my siblings and me from too much television and negative influences. Not wanting to hamper our spiritual growth or risk our innocence, they herded all four of us outdoors into nature. One time we traveled across the united states in a converted school bus. We also lived in a tent on the flank of the Verde River in Northern Arizona. We lived in a private, spiritual community where we worked in gardens for room and board, we hiked endless hours through woods and mountains and streams and rivers. We ate the fish we caught and vegetables we grew ourselves. We were in constant awe of nature, God's master piece. My parent's decision to surround us with nature and spirituality fueled our creativity and imagination. We lived a carefree childhood where many evenings we lay listening to the river flow past our tents, frogs, crickets and owls fill the air with their soothing sounds., and fell asleep looking at the stars. 

 

Faith, family and nature continues to inspire me to read and write and both are the catalyst behind my dream to be a writer.

 

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