Well, hello there!

 

I "write relationships" in cross-genre novels and essays. I am an author and editor, journalist, non-profit consultant, mentor, homeschooling mom, dog-lover and relentless bookpusher, both those you buy and those you borrow. In addition to my current home in Boise, Idaho, I've lived in every state along the Pacific Coast and loved the people in all of them. I find humans fascinating, and my writing tends to reflect that, along with an evolving faith in God and hope for humanity. 

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Surviving Anna is my latest novel, and I'm so excited to share these characters with you. I hope you'll come to love them as much as I have! The Ghost of Gold Creek is my YA novel, and you can read a collection of my short stories in Passageways, a collaboration with author Val Gray and award-winning authors Becky Carey Lyles and Peter Leavell. You can read more about my work (and the things I love and the thoughts I have) by joining me at Worth of a Word on Substack, and older work by clicking on the blog tabs above. Do leave me a note on my contact page so I know you stopped by and we can keep in touch. I don't twitter (in real life or on the Internet) and I'm too shy for Youtube! But If you like what you read here, click on that little "f" down there and keep track of me via Facebook.