I began writing in Junior High School back in the mid-80s. I was (and still am) a ravenous reader and I finally got to the point that I felt like I could write too. In fact, I had to write. The more I read, the more stories of my own began to materialize in my head. It got to the point that I just had to write them down and get them out.

Telling an interesting and compelling story. I love to create and build an imaginative world to share with everyone.

In no particular order: Robert McCammon, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Lee Child, Christopher Moore, Laurell K. Hamilton, Piers Anthony, Frank Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, and Orson Scott Card.

I don't remember the first story, but I do remember the one that I really liked the most (as far as those early stories are concerned). It was a story about a teenager that had just received his first car. The problem was, he liked to run over small animals with it. Then one night, he ran over a raccoon on the way home and the raccoon came back to haunt him. Cheesy--yes, but I really liked it.

I'm really a pantser and usually follow my characters. I have a list of things that I want to see happen (and usually an ending), but they are never set in stone. Sometimes, the best story is the one that veers away from my intended path.