Tell us a little about yourself and your background?
I’m a business owner with my husband, I have three adult children and one 17-year-old. I homeschooled my kids for twelve years, I have loved to write since I was a child and now I’m finding time to write books. I’ve published two on Amazon, one last April, and one this February.
How do you make time to write?
I have a goal of a chapter a day. I make a list of all I have to do each day and I write a page between each chore or project on my list.
Do you believe in writer’s block?
No. I write several books at a time so if I get stuck on one book I simply move to another.
Tell us a bit about the genre you write and why you love it.
I have a goal to write five books, all of them a different genre. I love to read many different genres so I want to try to write a book in each genre that I enjoy. So far I’ve written non-fiction and romance. Right now I’m writing a psychological thriller, a suspense trilogy, and a satire.
How are you publishing your recent book and why? (*e.g. Indie, traditional or both)
I self-publish on Amazon, so Indie I guess.
Are you an Introvert or Extrovert? How does this affect your work?
I am definitely an introvert. I think this enhances my work. I can spend a lot of time alone writing. I enjoy my own company and I find my sense of humor hilarious! I am my own best friend and my imagination is amazing which makes for good writing. The books I write are in my mind in movie form, It helps me visualize the characters I write about.
What is your favorite motivational phrase?
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”– Helen Keller
What advice would you give to aspiring writers?
Publish that book! Hesitation leads to fear. As Winston Churchill said,
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal.” Where can readers find you on the World Wide Web?
My books are on Amazon.com, I’m also on Twitter and Facebook.
Do you have an excerpt you’d like to share with us?
As they descended the hill, the largest bull with the longest horns Dae had ever seen emerged from behind a bush on the path ahead of them.
Jack stopped and stood very still, but the bull noticed him anyway and began pawing the ground and breathing heavily.
Dae moved up to Jack and managed to get in front of him on the narrow path. Dae wanted to put Rose down, but the child was now sleeping heavily and Jack was too small to hold her. Dae shook the picnic basket at the bull and yelled, but that just seemed to make the creature more agitated and focused on them. Dae turned sideways to protect the sleeping child she carried from possible harm and ordered Jack in a quiet voice to back slowly up the hill, gesturing with the picnic basket.
This, unfortunately, seemed to incite the bull, who bellowed and shook its massive head. When the bull began pawing the ground again and lowering its frightening horns, Dae screamed, “Run Jack!” and turned to run up the hill herself, throwing the picnic basket on the ground and moving as fast as she could with one hand holding up her skirt and both arms cradling Rose…
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