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my own romances from beginning to end. When my youngest child started school this past year, I finally found the time to try.

I threw away my first attempt because I was dissatisfied with it. It didn't occur to me that I might have improved it through revisions (a concept introduced to me by a very patient editor, Elizabeth Barrett). I submitted my next effort to LOVESWEPT and was positively thrilled when it was accepted for publication.

Now for the vital statistics. I met my husband Bill when we were both nineteen and in college in Washington, D.C. We've been together ever since. He is now a lawyer and a truly liberated male, my partner, lover and very best friend. Bill can iron a shirt and bake a pie better than I can, and when our kids were tiny, they would call for Daddy when they woke up at night.

Our family includes our three daughters, Susan, Sarah and Christy, and three very spoiled cats. We are currently living in Sewickley Pennsylvania, a small town west of Pittsburgh. After ten years as an Air Force wife, living in such diverse places as Virginia, Mississippi, West Germany and New Jersey, I was more than ready to settle down in one place as a "civilian." Although I'm a registered nurse, I am currently retired from nursing so I have plenty of time to do the things I like best: taking care of my family, reading, collecting miniatures and Christmas ornaments, and of course, staring out the window and daydreaming. I'd like to add writing more romances to the agenda too.

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