Ever since I was young, my imagination took me to wondrous
places in far off lands with castles and fairies, even a few dragons. I fought alongside Red Beard on a
pirate ship. I climbed the highest peaks in Tibet. My dreams took me to ancient
Rome and into the farthest reaches of the galaxy. I loved to daydream of so many different things, places, and
people. I learned that through reading new worlds opened up so I became an avid
reader of all genres and spent hours even in the summer at the public library.
My imaginings also brought out my creativity, which I expressed in a myriad of
mediums.
I started out drawing and doodling throughout the day, even
during school, which is not easy when you go to a small Catholic school. My
love of art bloomed in elementary school and I started working with paint
instead of pen and ink. In high school, I even won a few awards for several art
projects and still to this day, I have many of those pieces hanging about my
home. During that time, I
experienced fluctuating emotions like any teen though at the time I felt that
only I understood such suffering (such as we all do). I dealt with the swirling emotions and feelings of
self-doubt through a new medium, poetry.
I wrote stanza after stanza, pouring out my pain onto the page. The
words expressed my deepest thoughts I felt I couldn’t share with the world. I
also became an insatiable reader of poetry but the greats such as Poe, Stein,
and Plath. The summer I graduated,
I was able to attend Oxford University in England for a summer session where I
developed my love of photography.
Though I continued to write poetry, draw, paint, and take
photos, when my son was born, I dedicated my time to finishing my education and
taking care of him. Deep in my heart, I always wanted to write a book as my
thoughts always followed a marvelous path weaving through valleys and caves,
dungeons and clouds. My greatest accomplishment remained one solitary published
poem, Fairy Dance. In the fall of 2010, I forced myself to read for pleasure as
over the years previous, I had read mostly schoolwork. (apparently there is a
lot of reading in a PhD program – who knew?)
I fell upon role-playing on Facebook. Now, in my teens, I was
a devoted Dungeons and Dragons player, so I thought what fun and escape form
work/school/mother continuum. I started with a group and met some wonderful
(and not so) people. One of those
people was LaVerne Thompson. She took me under her wing and encouraged me to
write. After convincing me to submit a story for inclusion in a Christmas
anthology, I decided that I would spread my wings and soar to achieve this
lifetime goal of being a published author. I received my wish in December of
2011 when A Special Christmas anthology came out with three of my friends
(LaVerne Thompson, Scarlet Hunter, and Eve Tesoro)
My story, A Wolf of the
Frozen Sea, is a paranormal romance about a wayward human that finds himself in
love with a not so normal female. This moment was one of the proudest in my
life to share one of my stories with the world and do so with friends!
Now that I have my feet wet, oh it is on! I wrote a sequel to
my first story and Frozen Hearts released on May 31, 2012. I am working on a few pieces from
several genres like a Sci-Fi and more romance. Currently, I am working on a
full-length novel series with an awesome coauthor, Andie Michaels that should
have the first book releasing at summer’s end. This story follows a vampire
warrior struggles to deal with the loss of his beloved mentor while searching
for an ancient artifact that can save or destroy the vampire race. The
unexpected happens when he meets a guardian angel. Let’s just say that things
get interesting for pair and those chasing them….
This journey brought the daydreamer home to her world of
fairies, knights, monsters, and the like. I know this trek is far from over and
I am honored to be able to take it with incredible friends. I would love to have you join along
with me…
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