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 I always wanted to be a writer--from the
moment I put fat pencil to brown-lined paper in second grade
to write an elaborate story using all the spelling words
on our list.
Though I always wanted to be a professional
writer, I wasn't sure I had the stuff, so I graduated from
college with a teaching degree and taught elementary school--second
and third grades (the best)--and then began freelance feature
writing for newspapers and magazines, local and national.
I left teaching to work in public relations--skills
I use today in my job as a writer/editor for the Arizona Education
Association.
I met my husband, David Weiss, my very
own hero, in 1980, on an airplane. We made the "love thang"
permanent in 1985, when we married taking our Hobie sailboat
to San Diego for our honeymoon. Then in 1990, we welcomed
a son into our lives. He continues to be the light of our
life together.
My first romance credits were two stories
in True Love magazine. I went on to write a sexy romance
in 1983, which was rejected--sniff.
Years later--1996--I got serious about
getting published. Though I endured some rejections as I
honed my craft, in 1998, I sold the first of two short romantic
comedies to Kensington Publishing--Getting Zack Back, published
in December. In July 2000, Baby Makes Three was released.
After coming in second among published authors in a Harlequin
Duets contest, I sold to Harlequin in 2001, quickly selling
another comedy. In addition to Duets, I write for Temptation,
Blaze and, the new comedy line Flipside.
Most of my hobbies--sailing, scuba-diving,
playing the piano (badly)--have gone by the wayside as I devote
all my non-family spare time to writing. I live in the Phoenix
area with my husband and 13-year-old son, who proudly brings
my books to his teachers and swears he doesn't read them--except
for the funny parts.
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