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I love romance novels. I picked up my first romance novel at age twelve (a Sunfire YA romance--thank you Vivian Schurfranz!) and haven't looked back. I started writing my own book, an admittedly bad historical, when I was nineteen. Thankfully -- and wisely -- it was never published and it sat in my "manuscript graveyard" until I shredded and burned it. Eventually, I'll revisit my notes and start from scratch (I do love the characters and they deserve a better plot). I spent my twenties traveling and collecting college degrees. I worked in public health researching HIV, TB and malaria and the diseases' impacts among refugee populations, and teaching adult classes. Now I spend my time at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains (with my own hero -- a sexy contractor who completely understands my crazy mind -- and 4 children) penning the stories my characters whisper in my ear. Much to my mother's dismay, I can't help my irreverance (I've tried...no luck), I have a disturbing fascination for deadly infectious diseases and, if left on my own, would eat my weight in watermelon. |