Hey there! Glad you’re here. You’re the very person I want with me.
I’m guessing you love books. Same here. I grew up in a home where an evening spent reading was as magnificent as it was ordinary. My family would gather our favorite snacks, choose a book or two or more, and burrow into the sofa. Whether we were all reading the same book or each reading different books, my family occupied fictional worlds as agreeably as we occupied the real world.
As a child, I enjoyed finding connections with my favorite authors. Laura Ingalls Wilder shared my first name. Beverly Cleary wrote about kids who lived on a street near my house. Louisa May Alcott glamorized an introverted family like mine, and Lucy Maud Montgomery told stories about a girl with an imagination I recognized.
I’ve always been intrigued by how an average woman living an uneventful life could spin all those ordinary moments into a magnificent story.
That’s why I sometimes get the uncanny feeling my life has come full circle—and in a most satisfying way. Now I’m the one spinning stories, and I absolutely love having readers around! With me in those unexpected moments when real life inspires a story.
For instance, I invite readers to influence my books and interactive serialized stories. Readers get behind-the-scenes peeks through my journal entries and podcast episodes. And readers can send me a message anytime.
Sometimes, I even do stuff that isn’t reading or writing. Like swimming, enjoying nature, listening to music, and organizing whatever feels messy. I live with my rock star of a husband and our goofy mutt dog on an island in the Pacific Northwest.
Okay, enough about me. Tell me about yourself. What are you reading? What do you want to read about?
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[Author photo by Suzanne Rothmeyer]