I get lost in writing. Raising grandchildren is rewarding, but when you add a job and other day-to-day stresses things can get a little tense. Writing just melts all that away.

I'm very appreciative of anybody that wants to look at what I write. It warms my heart. I try to make sure that what I put out there is worth the time to read so that the reader gets as much joy out of reading it as I got in writing it.

I am now working on the second book to The Americans series. It has been so much fun writing the action scenes. I realized in my first books that when an action scene came up I was very excited. My passion has quickly grown to writing past paced books. At the same time, I am writing a book called Tooth Fairy Down. It is a comedy/action that someone gave me the idea to do. They didn't realize when they made funny gestures and comments about something that the wheels in my brain were turning to write a series about it. It was the funniest thing I'd ever seen that will probably lead to the series Jilly Bean Diaries. I'm still kicking it around, but it will gear more toward teens and above. I have read that a writer needs to limit themselves to writing a certain type book to a certain genre. My imagination won't let me do that. Hopefully, someday it will settle down and I can just write a long series about one character or a long series about one particular setting, but right now its not happening. The imagination rules.

Dean Koontz, Nora Roberts, Janette Oke, Debbie Macomber, John Grisham, Lori Wilde - variety is the spice of life.

I just love waking up early and getting on with the day.

I have another job, but in the fun times we enjoy the grandchildren and really love being on the lake.

I search out authors or a particular type of book.

It was hilarious. I must have been twenty years old. It was a story for children. 'The Witches of Getchum'. I don't think I even have a copy of it anymore. I just made copies and passed it around.

I get an idea in my head, and then about everything I see or hear after that goes on my phone under NOTES. It can be a phrase I heard, a gesture I saw or a movie that gave me some ideas. I never know. The imagination is a wonderful thing, and mine tends to run wild.

I've read stories all my life so I doubt I remember the first one. The first one I remember with an impact on me was Jane Eyre. It was slow paced but I really got caught up in it.

I get a picture in my head of what the story is about and the characters in it. I lean more toward the message I want to convey. Miss Mae has done great covers. I am now learning to do my own. I am not as great as she is yet, but some day.

Gone with the Wind - I love the story around the history and the characters. My mother has told me stories of my Bigma Rutherford laughing while reading that book.
A Painted House - I really enjoyed the 'back when' country feel to the book. It reminded me of my childhood visiting the south Georgia family farms. My first two books are like that.
Twilight - I don't like vampire stuff, but I loved the love story and the action in the series.
Patriot's Dream - An amazing love story between two worlds in two different times.
Skinny Dip - The book was just plain hilarious.

I never know. It depends on my mood. I may want a romance with suspense or action. I may want something slow and easy. I might have heard of an inspirational book that catches my interest. Like I said, variety is the spice of life and I never know what mine will be.

I have always loved turning the page of a book. I said I would never own an electronic device to read a book. Now I love my Nook. I have two and I use them both.

Word of mouth works great. I love Smashwords ebooks. The Facebook page and email address help. I am working in Goodreads now. I hope to get a website soon.

Its actually a laptop and goes where I go. Wonderful invention.

I grew up in Thomaston, GA. People didn't have much in material things but they had each other and they were good to each other. I remember the thing back then was to take food to anybody sick or had a death in the family. People sat on porches to visit. I grew up visiting family in Bleckley County. I always loved the farms and the down-home feel to it.

I can't remember. I was very young.

Its patriotic. Its about a small town in West Central Georgia where the people come together to help each other out when the government has failed them. They are very brave and don't think twice about doing what needs to be done to get things back on track and to protect their neighbors.

I read about it and saw the joy in publishing where your imagination takes you.

It puts books out there for me and doesn't cost me anything to do it.

I hope to someday get my books in print, besides just the first one I published with AuthorHouse. They print on demand and I distribute.