I am an IT person by day and writer by night. I won a state essay contest in the 6th grade and writing has been my obsession ever since. I have written articles for local and trade publications over the past 25 years. I have been a member of International Women’s Writing Guild (IWWG) for the past eight years. I have attended many writing workshops, most recently, one given by Jane Friedman, former editor of Writer’s Digest. I have been a member of the Mars Society for several years and won the “Why Mars” writing contest in 2004. My writing was included in their book On To Mars 2. I am also a contributor to the top selling new book Choosing Easy World published by St. Martin’s Press and written by Julia Rogers Hamrick. My mentor and former People Magazine writer, the late Caroline Dow, encouraged me to follow my heart and to write with a purpose I have a BS degree in the field of communications. I’ve studied philosophy, metaphysics, psychology, quantum physics, and comparative religions over the past 40 years. I have also studied crows and ravens in order to understand them.
I sought out Dr. John Marzluff, professor at the University of Washington who starred in the PBS special about crows. He graciously answered my questions about ravens which helped me be more accurate within my stories.