Okay, can we talk about me now?  I mean, I know this whole website is devoted to me, but it somehow seems like it needs even more me.  So here are some details you probably didn’t know you wanted to know.

I have been actively pursuing a writing career since 2004, the year I finished the first draft of Murder in Situ.  Of course, like any newbie writer, I thought my first draft brilliant.  It wasn’t until after the draft was completed that I began attending writing workshops.  There I discovered just how far I had to go to make the book readable by someone who didn’t know and love me.

In 2006 I was amazingly lucky when New York Times bestselling author Jill Barnett hired me to work as her assistant.  One job perk was intensive critiquing from an absolute master. Jill has been generous with her wisdom and vicious with her red pen, and I am so grateful to have her as my mentor and friend. You can visit Jill’s website at   www.jillbarnett.com.

Current Favorite TV shows:

• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
• The Colbert Report
• Community
• The Office
• 30 Rock
• Glee
• The Simpsons

Favorite authors in all genres (in alphabetical order):

• Jill Barnett
• Jo Beverly
• David James Duncan (no website)
• Fannie Flagg
• Kristin Hannah
• Tami Hoag
• Elizabeth Lowell
• Carol O’Connell (no website)
• Elizabeth Peters (yes, it is her fault I became an archaeologist)
• David Sedaris
• Linnea Sinclair

Favorite Movie of all time:

• The Princess Bride

Favorite NPR programs:

• Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me
• This American Life
• Morning Edition
• All Things Considered