Audiobooks Unleashed Library

Bio
My Grandma once told me to be creative, write down everything. Well, at 6 years old I was making my sisters star in plays I would write. (They didn't appreciate it as much as I did, or have as much fun with it!) By the time I was 16 I had amassed a 333 Harlequin/Silhouette book collection, had my sisters sign out the books and then sign them back in, all the while making them pay .05/day for every day they were late. (My sister still owes me for one of my books that she never returned in 1987!) I started writing in 1986/87, but all my characters sounded really stupid and I would quietly finish a book and file it away in my folders without telling anyone but my sisters and my best friend. By 1992, I had my 3rd child and I found that click clacking across the typewriter at night time help put him to sleep. I was dared to get a computer, and in 1996 I did. I also started writing a lot! I would write and finish, send them off to publishing companies, and nothing back. Then came The Yankee Gentleman and His Southern Belle. I saw it all play out in front of me and let my characters have the lead instead of the other way around. It took me 2 months to write it and I had the help of one of my best friends to talk my plot lines to. I had talked to some friends of mine and they told me about self publishing, but I wanted traditional. I wanted that "large pay day and a chance that one might end up on the best seller's list and maybe a move be made out of it!" Christmas Eve Day of 2012 I walked to the mailbox with my 25 year-old daughter and saw the large envelope with my handwriting on it from Silhouette Books and my heart stopped. They had expressed interest in it and asked me to send it the whole thing. With shaking hands I undid the clasp and saw the rejection letter. I sat down in the middle of that dirt road and cried! My daughter said not to worry, that I was better than them anyhow and I could do it on my own. I remembered self publishing and started to think that maybe I COULD do it! 28 books, 18 on Audible and 1 waiting to be done on Audible and I've come to the realization of 3 things. 1.) I always let my characters lead the way. 2.) I can do whatever I put my mind to. 3.) Some of the best people I have met are the producers who have made my books into "movies" in my mind. I've transitioned from full romance with a hint of suspense. My everyday life, my hopes, my dreams, my goals, all are intertwined when I write. I can hear a phrase, have a dream, see something, or have an idea and I will make it into something. I can't imagine life without my words and phrases. I AM doing MY dream job!
Bio
My Grandma once told me to be creative, write down everything. Well, at 6 years old I was making my sisters star in plays I would write. (They didn't appreciate it as much as I did, or have as much fun with it!) By the time I was 16 I had amassed a 333 Harlequin/Silhouette book collection, had my sisters sign out the books and then sign them back in, all the while making them pay .05/day for every day they were late. (My sister still owes me for one of my books that she never returned in 1987!) I started writing in 1986/87, but all my characters sounded really stupid and I would quietly finish a book and file it away in my folders without telling anyone but my sisters and my best friend. By 1992, I had my 3rd child and I found that click clacking across the typewriter at night time help put him to sleep. I was dared to get a computer, and in 1996 I did. I also started writing a lot! I would write and finish, send them off to publishing companies, and nothing back. Then came The Yankee Gentleman and His Southern Belle. I saw it all play out in front of me and let my characters have the lead instead of the other way around. It took me 2 months to write it and I had the help of one of my best friends to talk my plot lines to. I had talked to some friends of mine and they told me about self publishing, but I wanted traditional. I wanted that "large pay day and a chance that one might end up on the best seller's list and maybe a move be made out of it!" Christmas Eve Day of 2012 I walked to the mailbox with my 25 year-old daughter and saw the large envelope with my handwriting on it from Silhouette Books and my heart stopped. They had expressed interest in it and asked me to send it the whole thing. With shaking hands I undid the clasp and saw the rejection letter. I sat down in the middle of that dirt road and cried! My daughter said not to worry, that I was better than them anyhow and I could do it on my own. I remembered self publishing and started to think that maybe I COULD do it! 28 books, 18 on Audible and 1 waiting to be done on Audible and I've come to the realization of 3 things. 1.) I always let my characters lead the way. 2.) I can do whatever I put my mind to. 3.) Some of the best people I have met are the producers who have made my books into "movies" in my mind. I've transitioned from full romance with a hint of suspense. My everyday life, my hopes, my dreams, my goals, all are intertwined when I write. I can hear a phrase, have a dream, see something, or have an idea and I will make it into something. I can't imagine life without my words and phrases. I AM doing MY dream job!