Writing saved my life... literally. Escaping the world, and playing with my characters while growing up helped me to cope with a lot of awful situations in life. It wasn't until a patient teacher in my sixth grade English class helped to polish my skills that I learned that I had a gift that I loved sharing with my friends and family. It wasn't until two kids later, that I was able to get my first book published, and I'm not done yet... You can find me typing furiously on my slow running laptop, arguing with the characters in my head from my books because they never do what I want them to do,