Fiction, mainly contemporary romance, science fiction romance, mystery, romantic suspense, military adventure. I'm a pretty eclectic reader, though I'm not fond of nonfiction unless it's a subject I'm really interested in--say, for research.

Reading, watching movies, gardening, quilting, and playing with my grandkids. Not in that order. If grandkiddies visit, everything else gets put aside. They love writing stories--they speak, I type. We print out the stories and they illustrate. Great division of labor.

Jayne Ann Krentz (Jayne Castle, Amanda Quick), Linnea Sinclair, Daphne DuMaurier, Victoria Holt. Castle and Sinclair because of their science fiction romance. DuMaurier and Holt because of atmosphere.

I have a Kindle. It is is so full of books, I'll have to live another forty years to read them all.

Ah. That is a tough question. Currently, my husband is finishing our basement so we both have offices. Until he's done, I'm working on my laptop sitting on the sofa. When he's finished, my desk, which Hubs built and I love, will face a daylight window. I'll be able to see the flowers I planted--daffodils, tulips, lilies-of-the-valley, and irises. I brought the lilies and irises from my old house. Originally they came from my mother's garden and remind me of her. She was a great gardener.

I grew up on a dirt road on rural acreage in what is now a Detroit suburb. Neighbors were not close and no one my age lived near by. So I read a lot. As an adult, we moved a lot because of my husband's job. We've lived in subdivisions in big suburbs, small and medium towns. I think this has given me a lot of experience to use as locations in my contemporary books. Sure wish I could go to the locations in my sci-fi romances.

Discovering the characters. They start out as two dimensional then gradually reveal themselves until they become full characters. I love that process.

Sort of. In high school, my best friend and I wrote fan fiction--only we didn't know that's what it's called. We wrote episodes of our favorite television shows with ourselves in starring roles. Of course, the heroes of our shows fell madly in love with us. Sure wish I kept those stories. LOL

They are the best. I appreciate anyone who takes the time to read my books, even better when they let me know by writing a review. Once, I took my mom to meet Nora Roberts. Mom gushed about how she'd read every one of her books. Nora took Mom's hand and earnestly thanked her. Mom was stunned. A celeb thanked her? Nora said of course, where would she be without her readers? I try to follow that fabulous example.

I'm working on the second book in my mystery series featuring a female P.I. It's set in a fictional small resort town along the Lake Michigan shoreline. The book should be released in October 2015.