writing
I've always liked to write. I focused on poetry as a teen, then somehow worked my way up to writing two novels during college and grad school. I sort of tried to get them published, but both projects--and writing in general--fell by the wayside when I got my first "real" job. It wasn't until I was married several years later that my husband encouraged me to revisit my old hobby. After dusting off my manuscripts and realizing how awful they were, I decided to tell a different kind of story. Perfect's Overrated is my first published title. It's a romance inspired by teens--those I teach, those I've known, and the one I once was myself. |
reading
I don't remember a time when I didn't love books. My mom started reading to me when I was a newborn, so that could be how it all started. Or maybe it's just in my DNA. I come from a long line of book lovers. My great-grandfather had an honest-to-goodness library in his house. My grandmother (his daughter) has a library in her hers, too. It's just not as organized. There are many things that make a book stand out to me, but most of all it's the author's ability to make me, the reader, a part of the story. I love to feel things I've never felt, see things I've never seen, and go places I'd never have the chance to go otherwise. As far as favorite authors go, I think Jane Austen is the inventor of romance, Mary Higgins Clark writes the perfect mystery, and Rosamunde Pilcher understands the human condition and portrays it more beautifully than anyone. I have a goal to collect and read all the great works of world literature. But in general, I consider a used book with handwritten notes from a previous owner to be the perfect find. |