1.) What is your martial status?
I am married to a wonderful man, named John. We have been married for 5 years. He is my inspiration.
2.) Tell us about where and how, you grew up:
I was born in Copperhill Tennessee, but was raised in Danville Georgia. I was raised by my father, a preacher of a Church of God of Prophecy Church, and my mother. I had two sisters which both are younger than me. I was a pretty happy child with a very close family.
3.) Are you currently working on something now?
Yes, I am working now. Most people find it strange but I am a School Bus Driver. I drive a school bus for a middle and high school in the county I live in. I also do some free lance business on my own accord in my spare time. I create videos for advertising, I transfer documents into pdf format and I also make logos and pictures for people. Most of all I proclaim to be a writer. I am working on a fictional fantasy trilogy series. I have written my first book to the series and am now in the process of writing the second book to this amazing series.
4.) What do you like to read?
I read all the time. I review books from new authors individually on my own accord; I also review for Ghostwriters Reviews. So I read many books of all different genres. I read Action, Suspense, Romance, Mythology, Ghost Stories, Christian books, Poetry, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Children's books; you name it I will read it. I love to read all types of books; I feel that it broadens the mind.
5.) What is your favorite sound?
My favorite sound, I don't know if I could just pick just one. I love the sound of my children playing; I love the sound of nature; the birds, the wind, the river, the squirrels and anything that is to be heard. I love the sound of talented musicians playing at their best; I love the sounds of people in unison of praise. Most of all I love the sound of Compassion and Love that most people to often ignore.
6.) Who is your favorite person?
This really is not fair. LOL…. I love so many people. I guess if I had to pick, I would have to pick my children and my husband; Then of course my entire family. I don't have just one favorite person, I have many favorites, my children on the bus, author's I come in contact with, my co-workers, all the people that are close to me.
7.) Where is your favorite place?
My favorite place is home. I enjoy sitting in the field near the forest, listening to nature speak to me. I truly feel that there is no place like home, and this is where I find my true peace of mind.
8.) What is your favorite memory?
This one is going to be easy to answer. My favorite memory is of my children being born. Their little hands, their innocent faces; all so perfect in their love, their looking up at me in wonderment, needing me to love and take care of them. To me the birth of my children was the most memorable time in my life, as with my marriage to my wonderful husband, and my salvation.
9.) What is your favorite writers' quote and why?
I have many favorite writers. First of all I would pick Karen Michelle Nutt. She writes so perfect and I love the plots of her stories. I fell that I am in them. My favorite book by her is "Into the Mist of Time"
There is so many that I can not really name all my favorites, but if I had to just pick my top one, I think I would pick Karen Michelle Nutt.
10.) What is your most favorite quality about yourself?
My favorite quality about myself is that I am caring, honest, dependable and trustworthy.
11.) What is the least favorite quality about yourself?
My least favorite quality about myself is that I am my worst critic. I judge myself too harshly. It drives me crazy at times. I know this can be a great quality to have at times but at other times it can drive a person mad. I have that perfections complex that is that I must have everything in order and I want it to stay that way.
12.) If you could go anywhere in the world right now, where would it be and why?
I would love to go to Scotland. I have always wanted to visit there; the highlands, the ocean, the cliffs, the castles and the heritage. It is just a place of bravery, more simple times, and it reminds me of the past in which I wish I could have lived.
13.) What inspires you to write?
My husband and my children always inspire me to write. Most of all I feel if it was not for them I would never have decided to get my work published.
14.) What is your favorite book and why?
Most people will find this answer old fashion and simple but it truly is my favorite book. "The Expositor's Edition Holy Bible" I find peace, hope, love, faith in these WORDS. It is my instruction book to life, it shows me the way when I don't see now way. It sheds a light in all my dark places in life; It shows me mercy and kindness. It grants me wisdom and knowledge. It is my resting place.
15.) What is your favorite genre?
My favorite genre is one that has many compiled within its pages. I love books that have it all, Romance, Fictional Fantasy, Action, Adventure, and Inspirational.
16.) What do you think makes a writer successful?
Endurance, that is the key. If you have the endurance to precede with your dream anything is possible. Being a successful writer is hard, you must do a lot of searching either for an agent, a publisher, and most of all you must have the Endurance to write, to examine, to change, and to proceed.
17.) What is it that makes 'you' successful as a writer?
My endurance, I will never give up. I will always search for those that are interested in my work and promote, promote and promote my work. It is always good for a reader to know that they can get a response from the author in a personal since or other. I always try to respond in a personal letter to my readers when they write me. When one company; weather it be publishing or agent turns me down, I do not give up, I keep on looking for the one that will take my work and polish it to its finest shine.
18.) What are your goals as a writer?
My goals as a writer are to write something that has never been written before, and share it with the world, to leave a legacy behind for my children and their children and for generations to come.
19.) What is the best tip you can give to fellow writers?
Never give up, never say die. Always look for the one that will enjoy your work. Keep your hope and your dreams alive. If you believe it then God can do it. Writing is the hardest but most fulfilling business I have ever been in. You must go over your work, time and time again. You will always find something that need to be fixed. Finding an agent or a publisher is also another impossible task, but it can be done. You must hold on to the endurance and faith which you have. Keep on searching for the company that will accept your work.
20.) What do you hope to provide your readers with through your writing?
Faith, Endurance, Hope, Inspiration and to know that no matter what life throws at you, you can always make it through it, you can accomplish what ever you set your mind to, nothing is impossible.
21.) How long did it take you to write your book(s)?
1. "The Burning Bush" published in 2005 by Publish America. You can purchases this book through any online stores.
2. "Soulful Ink: Faith in the Cross of Christ" published in 2006 by Publish America. You can also purchase this book on all or most of the online bookstores.
3. "Naked Heart" published by me, it is a self published work. It is available on LULU.com this book was published in 2007.
4. "The Linking Stones: A New Beginning" was published in 2007, also published with ISBN# in 2008 through myself. It is available now at LULU.com and will soon be available through almost all the online stores. It will be listed in a few more weeks. Note: I think I have found an agent for this book, so it may be coming off the shelves and into a well know publishing company in which will promote for me. This book is the first book in a trilogy.
"The Burning Bush" took me two years to write, "Soulful Ink" one year, "Naked Heart" just a few months, and "The Linking Stones: A New Beginning" has taken me only a year to write.
I am previously writing "The Linking Stones: A Novel Journey" now. It is the second book to "The Linking Stones trilogy".
22.) What would you do differently if you could repeat the same publishing experience?
I would not have published through Publish America; I would have searched for agents then have them to submit it to Publishing Company.
23.) What have you learned about the publishing world?
If it seems to go to be true it is, if it seems to easy, then there is something behind it. Just like publishing with Publish America. I did not know that they publish every work that comes their way, I thought they only published good works, they also publish works with so many grammar errors it is unreal.
To find a good agent that gets paid only when you get paid is a long process, To find a High standing publisher to take your work, or even take the time to look at your work it must be submitted through an agent first.
It is a dog eat dog world out there, but if you have the endurance to keep on walking, keep on searching, and keep pressing in you will find the right place to be. You can make it only if you strive to do so.
24.) This is your chance to 'Talk Back' to your readers. What would you like to say to them?
First of all my poetry is my soul poured out upon the pages of life, only in a visible form you can see it, but to understand it you must look at it with the eyes of your soul.
My first novel, which is a three part series hold many secrets within the pages. You will find a number reference too many secret truths, which is not really a secret, but only forgotten.
I want to tell each and every one of my readers, Thank you. I truly appreciate you, if it was not for you, I would have no reason to write. A writer is only successful, because of their readers and fans. Most readers are just people that buy and read books to many authors, but readers to me are the foundation of the Book World.
I also want my readers to know that when I write, I try to place things within my books that you can relate to. I want you to see that all things are possible only if you believe. No mountain, is to high to climb; No River, is to wide to swim, There is no sky in which you can not fly, There is nothing that you can not do, if only you believe. And always remember that "Through the fire of Life, you are refined; but by your faith you are defined".
25.) What's the one thing that you want people to know about your writing?
I want people to know that my writing is fictional, but also hold truth within its pages. I want them to know that in my trilogy novel that I am working on now holds real keys to life. Though the story itself is fictional, the characters are based on real people. It is a spiritually battle we all go through written into a physical drama for you to visualize with your soulful eyes. It is compiled with every genre you can think of; it is the completion of life in a Dramatized form. It holds our problems, and the answers to our problems. It is only for you as the reader to find the message that lies deep within the pages, that has been written just for you. In the trilogy "The Linking Stones", it holds the faith that links every human being together and what will continue to link each one together till the end of time, and through eternity. So please come find the link that binds us together.
