As
a child I listened to my grandmother tell us stories.
I don't ever recall her reading a book to us. She just
made everything up as she went along, always incorporating
me, my brothers and cousins names as she spun her stories.
Perhaps she implanted the voices in my head that compel me
to write.
While
other kids were seriously taking lessons in the classroom,
I was often copiously writing stories or taking notes for
stories, though at the time I thought it was more rebellion
than something I would want to do while visions of being a
flight attendant filled my dreams. I wanted to travel.
Wanderlust is something I've never been able to shake from
my system. My husband and I love taking road trips,
avoiding the sardine like seats in airplanes. Cruise
ships are another way we enjoy traveling, giving us an opportunity
to visit exotic places, also giving me fodder for new stories.
There
have been times in my life that I've done things a little
bit backward. I married and started raising my family
at an early age. I entered college when my children
were seven and four. I acquired a BA in English four
and a half years later. By the time I left I knew I
wanted to write. My first published novel, My Captain
Jack, is still available at Lionhearted.com. I've
published short stories in national magazines, but now I want
to return writing historical romances.
Presently
I live with my husband in a small town in southwestern Wisconsin
only a few minutes from the Mississippi River. Our children
are now grown, married and have given us five grandchildren.
