I like to joke that my Muse tricked me into being a writer, slyly pushing against my longstanding blocks until, suddenly, I was a writer and there was no turning back. Growing up, you see, I never viewed myself as creative and could never imagine wanting to be a writer. Now, of course, I can’t imagine doing anything else! I actually tried stopping once. My books weren’t selling at the time, and I was tired of putting out all that effort for minimal results. My “strike” lasted barely two weeks and ended while I was listening to an interview I had recorded with mystery writer J.A. Jance. Something she said reignited my writer self, and I was back at it the next day…with no concessions from my employer-Muse! I love my readers, and their response to my books is always gratifying. In the end, though, the greatest reward for me is what my books reveal to me as I write them – about themselves and about me. That’s because I never plan, plot or outline. My books are as wondrous a journey of discovery for me as I hope they are for my readers.

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