“My book, ‘A Choice to Survive,’ is a little modern western, and pre-world war III It’s about a family’s drive to survive,” she said. “Also, the story takes place here in Walker. It was a blast to write this book, current events in our society and the world are what drove me to write it.”

Born in Flint, Michigan, Nance moved to Arizona in 1987 and lived in Prescott Valley. She later moved to the Chino Valley/Paulden area so she could have horses and now owns five.

“Horses are very predominant characters in my books,” Nance said. “Although I’ve only been a horse owner for about two years, I’ve dreamt of them all my life,” she smiled.

Nance shared that she has always loved to write and worked on her high school newspaper before attending Ball State University Journalism Works in Indiana.

Whether writing her books or riding her horses, both have the same effect on Nance.

“When I’m writing, I forget all about bills, work, chores and all the stuff in life. And when I’m riding my Arab, it does the same thing to me. They are great stress relievers,” explained Nance.

Nance said her first book took her about one year to write. She is now working on the second book called “Nuclear Winter.” Her first book is a cliffhanger, and the second is the sequel.

The process by which Nance got her book published should give hope to all the “wanna-be” writers in the community.

“I wrote this book but never dreamed of getting it published. As a fluke I sent it into only one publisher. I expected to get a letter saying ‘don’t quit your day job’,” she grinned. “But, two weeks later I got an e-mail asking if they could publish my book. It was unbelievable!”

Nance’s book can be purchased on-line at any of the major booksellers. 

 

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