Come with me to a corner of England more known for sheep than people… Sometimes you fall in love with a place. Never mind that it has not been in existence for several hundred years, or at least not in the family anymore. But it was once. Tony Clegg-Hill (original name Huel) was the previous…
My husband, Ron, and I founded American Screening Corporation (ASC) in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1999. We’re now a nationwide leader in sales of drug-testing products. But my true passion lies with writing and helping people in need. My first book, God’s Love Letters: Overcoming Adversity, because a “closet hit” marketed to clients of ASC. With…
ABOUT MIRACLE ON GRASS Miracle on Grass is the true story of how the 2000 USA Baseball Olympic Team – an unknown group of American minor leaguers – stunned the international baseball powerhouse from Cuba. They were led by Hall-of-Fame manager Tommy Lasorda, who came out of retirement to lead the charge for his country,…
——————————————————————– The story behind “Alex and Katija, High and Mighty” is that I wanted to create a wicked, contemporary version of Sherlock Holmes. A funny but selfish detective that had no intention of doing the work he was paid to do, and who would actually rob his own clients. As I wrote, Alex and his…
There are actually two stories behind my new thriller, SUBMERGED. It was inspired by my fear of being trapped in a submerged vehicle and also by a long-time friend who dealt with drug addiction while on the job as a paramedic. I’ve traveled a lot by car, even coast to coast across Canada, more than…
The inspiration for Terminus actually came from ideas floating around my head over the years, having read C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters, and Max Lucado’s Fearless. The concept of a spiritual dimension in which angels and demons operate has always fascinated me, but where it really hits home is where that dimension intersects and interacts…
The monstrous Tsul Kalu beasts of PROGENY are drawn from actual Cherokee mythological lore, underscoring the fact that there are legends of hairy humanoid giants in countless cultures throughout the world. Tsul Kalu is revered by the Cherokee as The Ultimate Hunter. From the North comes the term: sasquatch. It’s derived once again from the…
Although I didn’t know it at the time, my book had its start in a doctor’s office in West Los Angeles in 2008. That’s when a doctor told me: “You’re not getting any younger. Lose 5 to 10 pounds and your numbers should return to normal.” (At that point, I was at least 20 pounds…
I first became interested in fantasy back in the eighties. During high school when I had free time, I played Dungeons and Dragons on the old apple two computers. The game was strictly a text adventure but it was intriguing. The only other option for gaming back then was the Atari and text adventures were…
Researchers and scientists in the U.S., Russia and Japan compete in a new technological race to control fear and pain in the minds of the world’s populace. At first the race is rooted in purely scientific ambitions, such as that of space travel or in the era of the industrial revolution, but it evolves into…
The Story Behind the Book 