Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a wife, mother, follower of Christ, educator, and writer. I have overcome a lot of adversity and have come out victorious with a message of hope to spread. I have written several books but have published only one thus far.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Lonesome Wolf is my novel. It is actually inspired by another book that featured a couple with similar obstacles to their being together. The other book did NOT end how I wanted it to end, so I wrote my own book with an ending I liked.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m not sure they’re unusual, but I like to write in the middle of the night. Sometimes I wake up at about 2am with a scene or dialogue in my head, so I get up, grab my computer, and type away.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
The two authors who have most influenced me are Louis L’Amour and Tamera Alexander. I love westerns and the Old West and tough cowboys, and I am all about love stories. I respect each of their styles and like to think my style falls somewhere in between theirs, as differing as theirs are.
What are you working on now?
I am currently working on the next book after Lonesome Wolf in the Klein Creek Series, Jack Ellison. It follows a hero whom I thought I wouldn’t like, but I have fallen in love with him.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
So far, Facebook has generated the most interest and sales for me. I have my own website, which I hope will play a big role in my future.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t give up!! When you look down at your computer and see about a third of the number of words you’re shooting for, or you get to a point in the story where you hit a brick wall, DON”T GIVE UP! It CAN be done, and YOU CAN do it!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Oddly, the best advice I have ever heard is the worst advice I have ever heard. A critiquer told me not to put myself into my stories. Huh?? Why on earth would I not? So, I decided to purposely, actively put some of myself into each heroine I write; they all share some part of me, of my personality or of events in my life that have heavily impacted me.
What are you reading now?
I am reading Cliftoplis: BELOW by Grant P Ferguson. It is part of a series written for middle-schoolers, and I am digging it. Grant is an incredibly nice man, and I am happy to be experiencing his work.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Next for me is getting out there and getting word spread around about Lonesome Wolf. I am going to hit the streets and let people know about me and this book. ANd I’m going to write the sequel.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
ugh! only 3 or 4?
1) Hondo, by Louis L’Amour
2) A Man called Noon, by Louis L’Amour
3) To Whisper Her Name, by Tamera Alexander
and 4) THE BIBLE to keep me fed.
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