I categorize myself as a Christian Fiction writer. Most of my novels can be categorized as Christian Romance, with sometimes a little humor thrown in for fun., though a couple of my novelettes are ,more contemporary. My short stories are a variety: some Christian fiction, some fictionalized from life memories, some from dreams. I can find stories in so many things if I sit and let my mind wander. If only I had the time to write them all into stories.

 

     Jeremiah 30:2. “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'Write all the words which I have spoken to you in a book.'”

 

    I began my writing career at the age of five. My mother always read to me and when I was old enough she taught me to read, and I read to her. I remember one summer day she was sewing and I complained I was bored because I had read all my books many times over, and it was raining outside. My mother told me to write my own story. A whole new world emerged. I began to write stories and poems. I even wrote a song which I sent off to a contest and they wanted to publish it, but we had to pay money to get it published, that did not happen at seven years old.

 

     Writing remained my passion all of my life, but I was discouraged in high school and college from making it a career. I was told that unless I wanted to teach English or literature that writing was not a career to pursue. So I took Business Management. I married and had a family and kept taking writing classes when time and finances would allow. I would send my poetry to contests and was blessed to have some of my poems published in anthologies.

 

     Now in my later years I am taking the time to put writing as my first priority. God has given me a gift and whether it was for some or many is yet to be determined.