The Dirt

CAT OR DOG?
I'm a cat person, by default. I do love my cat, don't get me wrong. It's the part about taking a dog for a walk that gets the "thumbs-down" from me. I'm lazy.

CITY OR COUNTRY?
Country, hands down. While the city is fun and exciting - It's the place I love the visit, but not live. I'm a country girl at heart. Give me the grass, the trees and the wildlife!

MORNING OR NIGHT?
Neither, LOL! I'm not a friendly, happy lady before I've had my morning coffee...it takes me hours to get my act together...and I'm pretty frazzled by the time the kids get home from school. Nights? Put me in front of the TV and I'll be watching the backs of my eyelids by 9pm (unless Josh Holloway and the cast of LOST is on - then I'm wide-awake!)

COFFEE & DESSERT?
The coffee is always on at my house. I've got more syrups and flavorings than my local Starbucks, so I can get my fix just the way I like - whenever I like! Dessert? Cheesecake in any way, shape or form is my weapon of choice. Bring me chocolate cheesecake and you've won a place in my heart forever!

Good question, and not one I think about often. I much prefer making up characters, getting them into trouble and ensuring they find love to talking about myself. But since this is the bio page, I guess I can tell a few tales about what makes me - me.

I'm a died in the wool New Yorker, but have lived on the sunny shores of San Diego for seven wonderful years before finding my way back home. I do admit being a New Yorker puts a different spin on my writing.

I'd love to say I learned to read at a very young age, but alas, I cannot lie. In fact, my parents spent many days afterschool meeting with teachers because I seemed to not care if I learned to read at all. If they only knew I was sneaking out of the classroom to hide outside, where I was so busy creating characters for the fantasy world in my head, I didn't see the need to read.

But, I did eventually learn to read and haven't been without a good book since. During High School I always had a romance novel tucked away in my bag, Victoria Holt and Barbara Cartland were favorites back then.

Being the true romantic, I assumed my knight on a white stallion would show up and carry me off into the sunset. My knight showed up in black Camaro instead, and we've been happily married for 21 years. Three kids and a few cars later - I'm usually spotted driving around suburbia in a green mini-van.

I still love to read romance novels, and am now enjoying letting my own cast of characters out of my head and onto some pages of their own.