WRITER, computer geek, Eco-Warrior, and Friend to lost dogs
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I, Writer!
- Writer. It's who I am. It's taken me years to sort myself out, to look in the mirror and say, "Thriller Writer." I have a dark side, and my autobiography will read like a Stephen King novel. It's all good, though, since I know they will help others, maybe even you.
- I regret nothing. I was writing early on, when I had no clue why, and then later, when I knew why but couldn't choose a genre, which meant I wrote books I shouldn't have. Science Fiction. Fantasy. But when my muse finally said, "Enough!" I had no choice. So: thriller writer!
- Being a writer is the hardest career on earth. Writing is a tough gig. Few but the best get paid enough to support their latte habit. But writing for me is as essential as breathing.
- Find me on Facebook. If you've bought one of my thrillers or an anthology with one of my short stories, and want to chat, find me on Facebook or X. Love to hear from you!
I'm ambitious, but i'd choose love over money any day
EARLY STUFF . . . I was a scrawny, willful, scrappy tomboy. If someone said, "You can't," I did. In grade school, I ran away and was put in jail (first and only kid in my class to be called "jailbird," and kinda proud of that). I was also first in my family to get a Bachelor's and Master's (plus two professional, Master's-level certifications, one in Professional Business and Technical Writing, and a second one in Web pedagogies in higher education). WANT TO SEE WHAT I'M WRITING NOW? Let's connect on Facebook. Link below.
CAREER . . . I was always working to break the glass ceiling (silly me). First and only female on the Executive Committee at a Cincinnati software firm, I coached my team to win the Cincinnati Editors' Association's Best Software Guide of the year. And, when I decided to hang it up as manager of my award-winning Media Products Design Team, I turned to my passion: fiction writing! My romantic suspense novel, "Vengeance Is Mine: The Profiler's Passion," placed 3rd in the acclaimed Golden Pen contest. So while it's been a hard road, I've pulled my weight. WHAT'S A WRITER'S LIFE LIKE? Let's connect on my personal Facebook profile. Link below.
AT LAST . . . PASSION . . . I quit my day job and found my life as a fiction writer. I wrote several really bad novels. I joined every writing group, and I wrote. And wrote. And wrote. I got nowhere. Then I did what I do: I took charge and chose the right genre for me: thriller, mystery, true crime. To quote Maya Angelou, "Wouldn't take nothing for my journey now." WANT TO HANG OUT? TALK BOOKS? Link below.
AND YET . . . I'm still that scrappy tomboy, daring the world to tell me there's something I can't do. I'm now CEO of Red Girl Digital Media LLC, a digital marketing tech startup for authors and kids who want to learn to code. When I'm not promoting authors, or teaching, I'm writing thrillers fulltime at my beloved Mucky Manor.
