Greetings and welcome to my Web site!
WHO AM I?
Born and raised in
Arizona, I guess you'd call me a desert rat. Well, actually, I'd be a
desert rat that loves the mountains and lakes. Arizona gives me great
pleasure, because if I'm not at the computer writing or buried nose deep
in a book you'll find me on a four-wheeler, or a jet ski, or being
pulled behind my 26’ Monterey boat on an oblong tube called a ‘hot dog’
laughing my ass off. In fact, my family says I have an unnerving cackle
cutting through the waves--similar to a witch!
Yes,
that's right this witch has a family... Bill is my wonderful husband of
twenty-two
years. Tia, Samantha and Ashley are my three
beautiful girls and my greatest accomplishments to date. And the light of
my life is a devilishly handsome
grandson, Dusty.
As writing is a passion with many—it’s an obsession with me. Who knew
that the wild things going on in my head someone would actually read?
But I'm thankful you do and I hope you find joy and entertainment in my
sometimes—okay most of the time—risqué ramblings.
HOW DID I GET STARTED?
As an avid mystery
reader, my desire to write only surfaced in 2001 when devouring yet
another Iris Johansen book. It was then that I had an epiphany. “I can
do this. I can write a book.” How hard could it be anyway? I could solve
the “who-dun-it” on CSI usually within the first five to fifteen
minutes. I was a shoe-in.
Dark Secrets, a
single titled, Paranormal Mystery was born a year later. Hurrah, I was a
writer.
Then one day I
accidentally pick up Christine Feehan’s Dark Fire, a paranormal romance.
But, I didn’t read romance. After that one book I was hooked. Heart of a
Warrior, a historical romance, was written in the next three months.
This was easy.
Much to my surprise
and disappointment there was more than putting fingers to keyboard.
Things like style, plot, and the dread POV (point of view). Who knew
that everyone’s POV could not be expressed in a book, not to mention in
every other sentence. That was my introduction to head-hopping and
apparently I was a pro at it.
A local bookstore
recommended Romance Writers' of America. My husband told me either
I go on my own, or he would go for me. I joined the Arizona Chapter in
March 2002, and I'll never regreted it. In fact, I recommend it to any
aspiring writer.
With my next
historical “A Gentleman’s Choice,” I took more care in how it was
written. I love historicals, as everyone who has seen my library can
attest to. (Pictures soon to follow.)
So why do I write
erotic romance? Because it’s hot! Yes, I mean in the industry and
sensually. Also when I attempted to pitch my historical in 2004, I had
an agent who said, "Historicals just aren't selling. Can you write
erotica?"
I have never laughed
and blushed so much in my life writing erotica. It’s freeing, allows me
to push the envelope. Not to mention fantasize (which is the majority of
content in my book—not derived from actual experience. Darn!) I must
have found my niche, because since December 2004, I have sold two novels
and a novella to Ellora’s Cave.
It hasn’t been easy,
but it’s been a helluva ride. I hope you will join me as I venture down
the path of fantasy and intrigue, because it can only get more
exciting...
WHAT'S
NEXT?
Just about
anything... But you won't want to miss it. Keep checking back and I
promise to have more fun and interesting things to entertain you.
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