I grew up moving around a lot, many times from state to state and eventually settled on the plains of central Kansas. While it doesn’t have oceans or the mountains, there is plenty of beauty in the wild storms, stunning skies, rolling hills with exposed rock, neat rock formations, and quiet small towns. I love watching the crops, livestock, and the prairie shift and change with seasons.
During the many moves, books, and the characters within them were my most consistent companions. Nothing was quite like revisiting old friends among well-worn pages and tattered covers and reliving the adventures to be had within them. Especially when starting a new school. Since I wouldn’t have any friends yet, I would fall back on those in my books. Through my older brother, I was introduced to Dungeons and Dragons at an early age and developed a taste for magic and the fantastical. I created many stories in my imagination about the dragons that graced the front of the game books. Then came movies like The Last Unicorn, Legend, Willow, Krull, and more. The 1980s were full of fantasy movies, and I happily immersed myself in them.
As a reader, I enjoy multiple genres, but I have a soft spot for magic, romance, and happily ever after. The real world has enough unhappy endings, I don’t want them in the books I read. The characters can go through all kinds of heartbreak, upheaval, life-altering and life-threatening situations, but in the end, it had better all work out.
I’m a hopeless romantic. I married young because I decided my husband was the one, so I hit him over the head with my club and hauled him off to my cave. Over 30 years (and three kids) later, I can honestly say he’s my soulmate. I’m into gaming (both console and computer), gardening (vegetables and flowers), as well as cooking and baking. I also have a serious chicken addiction. Yes, you read that right. I adore my flock of chickens. They have names, and quite a few of them can be picked up and snuggled. They are pets that happen to provide rather expensive free eggs, which not only contribute to breakfast but are also a necessary component of brownies (an essential food group). Beyond their inherently wonderful chickeness, how could I not adore the animal that directly contributes to the creation of fudge brownies?
I also share my life with two goats. After years of raising dairy goats and using the milk for drinking, cheesemaking, yogurt, ice cream, and even butter, I sold my herd. I needed more time in life. After a few years, I discovered that once goats get into your heart, it’s almost impossible to walk away completely. So, I have two goats. A couple of wethers (castrated males) whose only job is to be cute, get lovins, eat hay, demand clean water because what they have got a speck in it, and go on walks with me. Their names are Cayde (a Sable) and Crow (an Alpine), and they’re big, beautiful, and totally spoiled.
So now you know a little more about me and the kind of books I write. The things I love most (family, food, romance, magic, and animals) will always find a way into my writing.
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