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A Short and Irrelevant History
A stay-at-home mom (SAHM) by day and romance writer by night, I have
been a member of the Central Ohio Fiction Writers and the Romance
Writers of America for the past 4 years.
A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT was the second of three manuscripts that I
wrote before making the leap to published author.
As for my work history, I retired from the practice of law in 1996, when I
moved to Ohio. I've also done public relations consulting, local
newspaper reporting, and working as a legislative lobbyist.
I live in Central Ohio with my husband and son.
Press Kit
RWA Market Research Facts
Cerridwen Press interview
News stories:
This Week in Licking County
The Pataskala Standard
Interview in COFW Newsletter
The Bio
Fun Facts
I lived in Mexico City, Mexico from ages 7 to 14. Over the years, I have
learned to speak French, German, and Italian in addition to Spanish and
my native English. But I've forgotten a lot.
In high school, I visited East Berlin before the Wall was torn down. On my
way out, the guard looked at me so suspiciously I thought he was going
to make me stay in East Germany.
While walking across the Plaza Real in Madrid one evening during my
college year abroad program, on the only night I have ever spent in the
Spanish capital, I ran into a girl I hadn't seen or talked to since our
elementary school days in Mexico City.
I wanted to be an actress--I was in all my high school plays and musicals.
In college and after, I realized I would be much happier in community
theater.
I play the guitar. Badly, it's true, but as long as I enjoy it, it still counts.
The same goes for singing.
I practiced Tae Kwon Do for six years, winning the 1992 AAU Tae Kwon
Do National Championship in my division, and attaining the rank of 2nd
Degree Black Belt in 1996.
Like my mother and grandmother before me, I love to make things. I
sew, knit, crochet, cook, garden, can fruits and veggies, do Hardanger
embroidery and silk ribbon embroidery.
When I was a teen, I had a fight with my mother about clothes. The end
result was that I could wear any style of clothing I wanted as long as I
sewed it myself. She refused to buy finished clothing that she
disapproved of.
My husband and I met at a trade association seminar at the Marriott
Marquis in New York City. We were both out-of-towners, and so the
organizer of the lecture introduced us. The chemistry was immediate.
We were married two years later, in an historic house (now a museum) in
Columbus, Ohio, that had once been a stop on the Underground Railroad.
A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT was released on the date of my 10th wedding
anniversary.
A stay-at-home mom (SAHM) by day and romance writer by night, I have
been a member of the Central Ohio Fiction Writers and the Romance
Writers of America for the past 4 years.
A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT was the second of three manuscripts that I
wrote before making the leap to published author.
As for my work history, I retired from the practice of law in 1996, when I
moved to Ohio. I've also done public relations consulting, local
newspaper reporting, and working as a legislative lobbyist.
I live in Central Ohio with my husband and son.
Press Kit
RWA Market Research Facts
Cerridwen Press interview
News stories:
This Week in Licking County
The Pataskala Standard
Interview in COFW Newsletter
The Bio
Fun Facts
I lived in Mexico City, Mexico from ages 7 to 14. Over the years, I have
learned to speak French, German, and Italian in addition to Spanish and
my native English. But I've forgotten a lot.
In high school, I visited East Berlin before the Wall was torn down. On my
way out, the guard looked at me so suspiciously I thought he was going
to make me stay in East Germany.
While walking across the Plaza Real in Madrid one evening during my
college year abroad program, on the only night I have ever spent in the
Spanish capital, I ran into a girl I hadn't seen or talked to since our
elementary school days in Mexico City.
I wanted to be an actress--I was in all my high school plays and musicals.
In college and after, I realized I would be much happier in community
theater.
I play the guitar. Badly, it's true, but as long as I enjoy it, it still counts.
The same goes for singing.
I practiced Tae Kwon Do for six years, winning the 1992 AAU Tae Kwon
Do National Championship in my division, and attaining the rank of 2nd
Degree Black Belt in 1996.
Like my mother and grandmother before me, I love to make things. I
sew, knit, crochet, cook, garden, can fruits and veggies, do Hardanger
embroidery and silk ribbon embroidery.
When I was a teen, I had a fight with my mother about clothes. The end
result was that I could wear any style of clothing I wanted as long as I
sewed it myself. She refused to buy finished clothing that she
disapproved of.
My husband and I met at a trade association seminar at the Marriott
Marquis in New York City. We were both out-of-towners, and so the
organizer of the lecture introduced us. The chemistry was immediate.
We were married two years later, in an historic house (now a museum) in
Columbus, Ohio, that had once been a stop on the Underground Railroad.
A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT was released on the date of my 10th wedding
anniversary.
So charming and disarming...It's alarming!