Missing Arizona Kids
Have you seen them? 
Award-winning speculative fiction from the desert
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Great reads for the holidays! (Click on the book covers for more info)
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New eBook Made the best seller list in November 2009 for SynergEbooks at Fictionwise.
Breach of Worlds |
Three time award-winner
The Mask of Tamirella |
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I live in the Arizona desert with my very supportive husband, our insane parakeets, and numerous wild critters that frequent our neighborhood. After spending most of my life in the entertainment industry (you can catch me in Rags to Riches episodes, the educational film I Am Joe's Ear, and some very bad movies and cable shows that shall remain unnamed), I decided to make a career change and go back to school, via hubby's encouragement. And yes, I really was as a Disneyland performer. Anywhooo, I was so eager to learn how to write something besides a theatrical script, that I scared the freshman into duck-and-cover positions whenever I approached. Must have seemed like a deranged loony to those poor kids just out of high school. I attended classes under the direction of award-winning authors Sheila Finch and Suzanne Greenberg, as well as several other influential people who inspired and encouraged me in more ways than I can count (I'm doing the old double-arm genuflection right now). So, after several semesters of hard work and lots of coffee, I received my Creative Writing degree from California State University, Long Beach (hubby and my parents dutifully attended the graduation ceremony). Thus began my official writing career and numerous rejection letters. I do believe I have enough to wallpaper my entire office. Then, in March of 2003, after bouts of vertigo, tinnitus and other symptoms that left me exhausted, occasionally in tears and generally stressed out, I was diagnosed with Meniere's Disease. The diagnosis was a relief, since I found out I wasn't dying, but at the same time I went through the old "why me?" scenario and had myself a nice pity party. After the foot stomping, pouting and bouts of whining (yes, I'm still married), I focused even more on my writing. Famous people with Meniere's include, astronaut Alan Shepard, actress Kristen Chenoweth, singers Peggy Lee and Ryan Adams, poet/writer Emily Dickinson, and some speculate Vincent VanGogh had it. Some people in the past were misdiagnosed with epilepsy but actually had inner ear problems. The tragic death of my seventeen-year-old nephew last year lit another fire under me, and I'm more compelled than ever to get my books out to readers, where they can be enjoyed. |
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