I love to read. That’s where it all started. Well more accurately it all started with a junior high summer reading list. Mandatory reading? Yes! I think I always liked to read, but I wasn't reading the right stuff. I let my mom pick the books for my required reading. But, she picked good! I was addicted after that. I read entire series I had a sample of on that list. I started reading certain authors because of the required reading and the list goes on. English was always my favorite subject and when my high school English teacher would give us essay assignments I would get all fired up about the subject and write.

Life happened, as they say and fifteen years, a husband, and a daughter later I figured out the story that had been playing over and over in my mind for a year or more needed to be written. I started out writing, it turned into a full manuscript. I literally looked around and found out about RWA. I also fell into sync with the best damn group of online writing friends on the planet. I joined the local chapter of RWA, HeartLA and the rest is history, sort of... after spending about two years and countless hours writing I had a few request and things were trucking along. Life happens, happened again. I took a three plus year break for a few good reasons - one I lovely refer to as our youngest <g>.

Summer of 2007 I knew it was time to re-enter the writing world, having never completely left. I had my friends, both online and local. I'd watched them and their writing careers grow. I shot out a challenge on our local loop and did the exercise myself. It was just a scene, but that scene was a finalist in the 2007 BRAVA Novella contest.

The writing world kept calling my name. I squeezed in writing time, telling my family how it relaxes me - and it normally does! The contest news propelled to get on track. I finished the manuscript and submitted it, entered the Red Sage Alpha Male Contest in 2008 (The Business of Sex, my first release was a finalist). Then and there I decided that 2008 was going to be my year of determination. I'm happy to say my first sale was to Lyrical Press, Inc. and will be an October 2009 release.