Where the Writing Life Began

I would not be the writer I am without my mom.

From a young age, creativity was very much enouraged in our home, right down to every inatimate object (Barbies, Raggedy Anns, and aother assorted stuffed animals) all having voices and personalities. Mom always made sure we had plenty of paper, crayons, and markers to draw on. We had endless notepad and scrap paper not to mention a huge bag of crayons that rivaled the Crayola box of 64.

My writing career began with a drawing on Holiday Inn stationery where I dictated the story to her. It advanced into picture books that I created and by junior high I was writing stories. In high school I started writing my first novel.