I always wanted to be Indiana Jones when I grew up. After all, he was suave, good-looking, roguish, athletic, and invincible—all the things I was not. That he was also a figment of someone’s imagination didn’t really bother me until I hit the 8th Grade. More specifically, the 8th Grade fiction-writing unit. 
My first book deal might be described as an intentional accident.
Too Much
Between the Sheets
Trail of Crumbs
Mary Magdalene, Her Legacy
Hug Time
Sweethearts
Where Did I Leave My Glasses?
Send Yourself Roses
The Crazy School
My first query and acceptance actually came as a surprise. At the time, I had several novels written and casually started a general discussion with an editor. I will state first that this may strike unease in the hearts of many because it wasn’t a “normal,” venture and this wasn’t just any editor. It was an “ebook editor.”
I finished my first novel in 1996; I was twenty-six years old and decided that I’d have a novel published by the time I turned thirty. So I followed all the usual steps everyone tells you to follow: querying agents, going to conferences, networking with other writers. I even got a good agent pretty quickly and figured the rest of the pieces would fall into place like clockwork....
I had never dreamed of being an author, although I had always loved English class in high school. After I became a CNC, Certified Nutritional Consultant, I saw the need for people to become educated in order to get healthy. I started writing a “Healthy Living Tips” column for the work newsletter and I found that people were reading my articles and liking them....
MIDORI BY MOONLIGHT is my debut book, but is actually the fifth novel I have tried to get published. When I took a job as a technical writer in Silicon Valley in the early 1990s, I found that many of my co-workers wrote fiction on the side....
Max and the Gatekeeper
The Mansfield Lighthouse Cats
Family Acts
Neitherworld Book One Akiiwan
Understanding Evangelicals: A Guide to Jesusland
We Care About Golf
The Dowry Bride
Gods Behaving Badly
The Animal Dialogues
Every Year on Your Birthday
Sexiest Man AliveMax and the GatekeeperThe Mansfield Lighthouse CatsFamily Acts
Shooting War
Silent Movies
Signed, Mata Hari
The Poet's Corner
Arthur's Audio Favorites (Audio Book)
Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs
Dead Boys: Stories
Knit Together
Reframe your Life
By George
The Gospel Side of Elvis
Next to Die
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