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I'm a forty-something,
a child of the '60's, '70's, '80's, '90's and '00's.
I roller
skated through the '70's into the '80's with Farrah Fawcet
hair and a three-speed orange Camero.
Born in Ohio, I lived
several years in Oklahoma and Kentucky before my parents moved
the family to Florida.
I graduated from Ohio State University (Go
Buckeyes!) with a degree in Journalism. As a member of Phi
Mu sorority, I partied my way though the last few years of
college.
But, the truth is, and always will be, I
belong to Jesus. At the age of six, I knelt at the altar of
a Tulsa Methodist church and gave my life to the One who loves
me.
After graduation, hired on at Harris Publishing
as a software trainer, destermined to see the world. And I
did it without a laptop, a cell phone, an IPod or portable
DVD player. Those were hard times.
But, I've traveled to Ireland, Spain, Venezuela,
Mexico, Australia, Canada and the U.S. from California to
Maine. Life on the road is difficult, working twelve
to fourteen hour days. One doesn't get to see many of the
sites. In Ireland, our company's distributor drove me around
at night so I could see something of Dublin.
I met Tony, my husband,
in '87, at church, of all places. We got married in '92. Tony
has been a pastor for twenty-one years. I've worked with him for all but two of those years, twenty of them in youth ministry. Our heart is to see teens and adults
passionate, radical and whole hearted for Jesus.
Tony and I don't have any children of our
own, lots of kids-in-the-Lord and we love them all. However,
we do have two very spoiled dogs, and a very demanding
cat.
I've always wanted
to be a writer. My dad used to tell me, "You're a writer." I have letters he wrote me post college, exhorting me to write.
In this, I believe he had the heart of God.
In '93, I started an epic WW2 novel with
two plots. It was well rejected. After that ordeal, I took
a break and put efforts into my job as a software project
manager. But, I missed writing and in late ' 99, I took up
the craft again.
With a little help from my friends, my first
book was published in ' 04, Lambert's Pride, a romance novel. I love writing
chick lit and romance. I love writing. What an honor.
My current release is Sweet Caroline from Thomas Nelson. Look for Love Starts With Elle coming July '08. Romantic Times Book Club gave both books their highest rank of 4.5 stars, with Elle's story being honored as Top Pick!
So, that's it. More than you wanted to know
- I'm sure.
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