Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have been writing since first grade and decided to become a writer in fifth grade. I had a wonderful fifth grade teacher that encouraged us to write. She even taught me how to write dialogue. Back then I wanted to become a science fiction writer like my grandfather, Maxwell Sheridan, who published in the pulp magazines of the forties and fifties. He also worked with Ray Bradbury.
I got into fantasy because I had a background in reading all the OZ books by L. Frank Baum. I was also reading a book by Stephen R. Donaldson entitled The Mirror of Her Dreams. Later I read the second book, A Man Rides Through. I also just loved to use my imagination to make up things.
I have written three unpublished science fiction books. I have self-published two fantasy books, Guardian of the Gauntlet, and Guardian of the Gauntlet, Book II. I am working on the third one (Guardian of the Gauntlet, Book III).
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The latest book which I’m working on now is Guardian of the Gauntlet, Book III. It is inspired by the Parable of the Wedding Feast which I studied in Sunday School as a child.
If you mean my latest published book, it is Guardian of the Gauntlet, Book II, and was inspired by a fellow writer who said to me “I thought she was supposed to do good with the gauntlet,” thus the subtitle “The Greater Good.”
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I am a night owl. I write in bursts late at night, just the way I am filling out this interview late at night. I don’t wait until I am inspired; I just write when I have the time.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
L. Frank Baum, the Oz books, C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia, Stephen R. Donaldson, The Mirror of Her Dreams and a Man Rides Through.
What are you working on now?
I am working on Guardian of the Gauntlet, Book III, which is based on the Parable of the Wedding Feast.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Before you self-publish think how a reader would see your blurb. You may need to make changes, not only to the blurb, but to the book itself.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Never give up.
What are you reading now?
Dolor and Shadow by Angela B. Chrysler.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I may write my memoirs and entitle them Goldstream Valley Girl. I also have short stories to enter in contests.
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?
The Bible, Mere Christianity, Once on a Time (A. A. Milne).
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