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I'm a small town NC girl, born & bred. Never lived anywhere else though until I was in my thirties I thought I wanted to move far, far away. Once the twins were born (yes, I said twins - more about that later) some nesting instinct kicked in & it became apparent how wonderful it was to live near Grandma. I began to see how wonderful my home state truly is & now am content to be where I am though a vacation now & then to somewhere truly exotic wouldn't be turned down (especially without the twins).
I was born Oct. 25, 1960 in Dunn (I'll let you do the math). If you're familiar with horoscopes, the stars & such, that makes me a Scorpio. I only began writing about 3 years ago. I'd always wanted to but couldn't understand how you could write a conversation between two people & it not sound fake. Suddenly one day a story (not Lucian's Angel) just seemed to write itself in my head so fast that I could hardly get it down on paper. After that it was easy, I wrote a book a week for two weeks before I even slowed down.
I've been everything from a waitress, bartender, shoes & lingerie sales & machine operator to an Office Manager & Realtor. Now I can finally say that I am a writer. All I ever wanted to be from the time I was 8 was a mom. When asked how many kids did I want, I'd say a dozen! I was an only child at that time. When I was in my early teens my mother gifted me with a baby brother, Kevin, then 2 years later a sister, Joy. By the time they were out of diapers & I'd changed plenty of them, the number of kids that I wanted had dropped drastically!
Please don't get me wrong, I admit to having a somewhat twisted sense of humor but I love my kids & wouldn't take anything for them. They are the light of my life. I became a stay-at-home-mom when they were born & once they started kindergarten, I became a part-time housekeeper. I learned something important during that time, being a maid is hard work! So if you are lucky enough to have a maid, please be good to her - she deserves respect & gratitude & a nice big Christmas bonus wouldn't hurt!
I began a lifetime love of reading at the age of 10 when my Mom left her True Story magazines lying around. I know Mom, I was too young & shouldn't have been reading such stuff but look at the result. Not only did I fall in love with the written word, I fell in love with romance so now thanks to you, I'm a Romance Writer.
I've lived in many small towns around NC. Lillington is where my early roots are. I graduated from Coats School in 1979. In between I even spent a few months in Angier. Then I stretched my wings a bit, left Harnett County & moved to Zebulon, Middlesex, then the big city of Raleigh. Somehow home calls us back & I wound up in Harnett again, spending many years in Fuquay-Varina. Now, I've begun a new life in Clayton. These Johnston county folks are pretty nice folks!
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