I've recently learned how to knit, and while I'm still a beginner, I'm hooked on knitting scarves and cowls, hats and socks. Lace however is giving me a bit more of a challenge.

I get a lot of recommendations from friends on Facebook, and on groups where my fans offer recommendations. And sometimes a title or cover just jumps out at me enough to pick up the book and hook me.

I was about 6 or 7 and highly influenced by the original Star Trek series. So I tried my hand at writing a sci-fi. Which my sister promptly tore apart (everyone's a critic, right?)

Once a story is started, it's just a matter of sitting down at the keyboard and trying to get into my characters' head and let them tell me what they're thinking and feeling. I have recently switched from working exclusively on a single story to having multiple stories on the go -- that way it helps keep my imagination active and my writing fresh.

My mom used to read to me a lot -- so much that she got tired of me always asking her to "read me a story". Which meant she sat me down and taught to read when I was three -- and I've not stopped since. I couldn't tell you the first story I read, but I do remember a story about laplanders (I can't remember the title), and lots of Harold and his Purple Crayon. But the one that had the most impact on me was probably The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. It really let my imagination free and let me imagine those worlds hidden in the wardrobes.

I love to read on my phone which at the moment is a Note 3. I like using the various reading apps -- Kindle and Kobo, while still being able to check my mail. But I have to admit to envying my husband's Kindle which might help me disconnect from the outside world a little easier.

Messy! Filled with receipts to be filed, yarn and needles and patterns...and a coffee cup that definitely needs to be filled!

I grew up in small-town central Ontario, in a family who couldn't afford cable, so we only had rabbit ears. And since we were in central Ontario that meant we could only get reception for one or two television stations. Which also meant we ended up reading far more than ever watching TV. Now that I look at it, I think that was a blessing.

When I was about 6 or 7, my sister introduced me to the concept of writing down all those stories drifting around in my head. #mindblown!

Receiving emails from fans who say they've enjoyed my work. There are times when those emails have been the reason I've kept returning to my manuscript.

I'm working on multiple stories -- a full length western that will end my Grady Legacy series, and the next in the Flirting with Fire series -- a m/m romance that I hope to release this spring. I'm also outlining a fantasy story for a bundle this coming Christmas, and writing an erotic novella for another bundle that will come out this fall.