I'm not sure if it was the first story I ever wrote, but I know it's one of the very first. In fact, though it's been through many revisions through the years, I still have that story in my "To-Be-Published" list. It is about a woman with a special connection with horses and has several animal characters. I'm an animal lover myself and owned horses as a girl, so I love to include animals in my stories.

Hmm...chaotic. Possibly manic. I sometimes go days without writing anything, then sit and write for hours on end with almost no stopping. I've tried to force myself into a more regimental process, but it just doesn't work for me.

I'm a reader as well as a writer, so I do a lot of reading. I also enjoy sewing, photography, video games, and cooking. When these aren't occupying my time and attention, I have a pair of dogs and a trio of cats that keep me on my toes.

I'm a serial downloader. I receive several emails that keep me updated on books that are new on the market or fit with my favorite genres. My level of control when it comes to downloading a book I find interesting is very low, so I have hundreds of unread books waiting for me to find time to get to them.

I couldn't even begin to name the first story I ever read. My mother was a reader and read to me from birth until I was old enough to read myself. I have always had eclectic tastes in my reading choices, though early on I went through a serious horse phase that had me reading every book I could get my hands on that involved a horse or horses. Thus, I read all "The Black Stallion" books as well as "Black Beauty." I also loved anything about animals in general and read much of Jack London's work.

Almost anything. I write romance and love to read it as well, but I'm also a fan of several other genres, including science fiction, fantasy, action and adventure, horror, and suspense. I collect cookbooks and love to browse through them to look for new things to try.

I have an iPad Air. I absolutely love being able to carry around an entire library in my hand.

My lap. I do have an actual desk, and I wrote at it for years until I got my first laptop. Since then, I do almost all my writing on my laptop on the couch. I'm not an organized person by nature, so my actual desk is consistently cluttered.

I'm a Southerner. I was born in Memphis, TN and raised in northern Mississippi. I think it influenced me by leading me to set most of my stories in rural settings. I'm a country girl at heart, though my husband has always called me a city girl. My mother's family is from rural Tennessee, and I spent a lot of my childhood playing in the woods. I consider myself to have been fortunate to have grown up before the electronic age. Though I love my laptop, cell phone, video games, and all the other modern conveniences, I'm still grateful to have spent my childhood playing outside. I've never lived a day in my life without a dog and a cat as part of my family, and had other various animals as well through the years, so I often include animals in my stories.

I began writing in my late teens as a hobby and an outlet for emotional strain brought on by the unexpected loss of my mother. I never seriously considered trying to become a published author because, though I loved writing, I didn't want to go through the process of trying to break into the traditional publishing world. Once the internet took off and self-publishing became something that was not only easy to do, but also increasingly common, I decided to give it a try.

I grew up like so many others, in love with the happily ever after promised by fairy tales. I have always had a strong and fertile imagination, so I love putting it to work to come up with new characters and stories. I often laugh and even cry at some of the things I write. I fall in love with my characters and love writing the happy endings for them.