This is a question that could go on and on, I Love a lot of them equally and though I list a few they are by all means not the only favorites and not in order of preference. I have enjoyed many books by Cornelia Funke, Frank Beddor, Brandon Mull, Diana Gabaldon, Jane Austen, Deborah Harkness, and L.A.Meyer. My first favorites were Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie, and Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. These are just a few of my favorites.

For about twenty years I have found writing to be one of my favorite creative outlets. I have written many character profiles and short stories, or mini-scenes. About ten years ago I started writing with a book in mind, since then I have begun four other projects and edited and revised The Magic Stone to the refined piece it is now.

The greatest joy of writing is the spinning of a story and creating a new world. It may start off as a simple idea but as I begin telling it, I begin to feel it unwind and pour onto the page and soon the story is telling itself and I am just exposing what has always been there. It is a feeling of creation and revelation. I love getting to know the characters that seem to jump out at me and learning their back stories so that in the retelling I can fully show them.

I love The Outlander series (8 books so far) by Diana Gabaldon, I love the characters, the story line is historical fiction with well researched history and fantasy mix. I love the Looking Glass Wars (3 books) by Frank Beddor, it is an Alice in Wonderland adaptation that is a bit dark and twisted. The Bloody Jack series by L.A.Meyer (11 books) This is a tale of a spunky young girl and all of her adventures, it is creative and cute. The Candy Shoppe Wars and The Fablehaven series both written by Brandon Mull are some more favs they are up my alley in the creation of a fantasy world that has magic and adventures. I love a fantasy spun tale and most of my reads are generally picked in that Genre. A couple loves outside that genre include, Ahabs Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund, Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. I enjoy classic tales as much as I love a good fantasy tale.

I look to nature for my covers. I enjoy the outdoors and have always taken many nature shots over the years. At this point my stories are about fairies so outdoor nature pictures are fitting covers, adding a fairy in the corner here and there. I am still in the process of fully learning to create an accomplished looking graphic design, and I'm having fun working on the next book cover, which I hope will be visually pleasing to all.

This one is a bit funny. I used my laptop, so my desk changes according to my mood. Sometime I sit at the dinning room table some times I sit outside. I feel the mobility of my work area helps me to be the most creative.

I have lived in Central California during the early parts of my life, then my family moved to Vermont and I spent about 6 years there before we all moved out to Colorado. In California we spent lots of time in the National forests and camping when I was quite young, which has left me with feelings of being most at home in the forests. When we moved to Vermont I was suddenly surrounded with more family than I knew, it was a comforting feeling to have so many people around that cared for your interests. The area was a lot colder than where we came from but I soon adapted and learned to ice skate and enjoy the cold weather, and in Vermont there were more trees than anywhere I have lived. This is where I first discovered a passion for writing, and on long winter days there was plenty of time to develop it. I was in high school when we moved to Colorado. I was culture shocked at first with such a difference in terrain but soon found the best places to be close to nature. Colorado is where I met my husband and began my family.
All of the elements together have been incorporated in my writing, and when I take my laptop into the woods and sit and write the stories seem to come to me easier.

I am working on Book 2 of The Magic Stone Trilogy. The three girls from the original story and their brother are summonsed back to the Realm to the Fairy Court by Queen Lizellya. She petitions them to embark on a quest to find the Magic Ring that is missing. Along the way they will revisit old friends and meet lots of new ones. This story is quite a bit longer than the first and paves the way for the last story.

I tried for a lot of years to go the "Traditional route" of getting an agent, and sending my book manuscript to multiple publishers. It is disheartening to get the same response repeatedly- the agents had a full plate of new authors and no time for more, and the publishers did not accept unsolicited manuscripts. I did not have a lot of money to sink into self publishing and just kept sending my submissions to agents in hopes that my time would come. One day my husband suggested I epublish which sent me on a goose chase through multiply epublishing sites, resulting in little luck, partially due to the fact that I didn't know what to look for in an epublisher and partially due to fear. A friend told me about Smashwords at one point and I looked into it. Everything seemed to fall into place then and here I am.

The fans are the building blocks to an authors success. And My fans mean the world to me, I am so Thankful to have the support of all of them and Appreciate beyond measure their continued support. Thank You to all of you!