Q: How long have you been writing and what other careers or jobs have you had?
A. I guess I’ve “always” been a writer, from when I first started trying to write horse stories back in the sixth grade. I made my first “professional” sale in high school, an article about my Dad’s desire to move to Alaska. (Which they did, as soon as they got me through college and married off!). I worked briefly for a magazine published by a

Q: Let me start with asking you to tell us a little bit about yourself.  
A.   I’m married to Sean, a worship pastor and I have two kids—John is 14 and Cate is 10.  I live in Oklahoma City where I occupy my time pretending I have everything pulled together.
Q: When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?
A.   I’ve always written stories, for as long as I can remember.  But it wasn’t until college, thanks to a