Q. I received your book in the mail yesterday, I just
finished it. It was wonderful! I was wondering are 
you going to do a follow up story about Sam's sister
Becki? I for one would really love to see her get 
away from that jerk of a stepfather and find her own 
worth and a true love of her own.
A. Interestingly enough, a lot of people have 
asked about Becki. At this point I don't 
think a book centered on Becki is something 
I'm going to do... I'm keeping my heroines as 
full-figured heroines since that is what I know 
best.
Q. What will you be working on next?
A. You can read short (really really short) info on some of my 
upcoming work on my new website. I've been considering 
doing a continuation of Great Love so that we can follow 
Samantha through other parts of her life, including 
her new marriage, going back to school and etc. After all, 
her world didn't stop because she got married! And through 
that I may develop more with Becki. 
Q. Although I'd really like to read a good story about 
Becki I'm also eagerly awaiting your next full figured 
heroine. I'd love to see someone with a lot of 
confidence. It would be great to see a woman who's 
confident in everything she does and is full figured or
in almost everything she does. Men are always the 
exception to a woman's rules.
A. My next full-figured heroines ARE actually more confident 
than Sam was. Sam was my entry not only into the romance world, 
but also into the plus-size world. My next books don't focus so 
much on the heroine being full-figured... there's more 
to the stories but the heroines are still described as 
full-figured. 
Q. How many books have you written?
A. At this point, I have three books completed, 
two that are still in the works and one that has 
been pounding in my head for months, waiting to 
be written. 
However, I have lots of stories completed that 
right now are not fit for print. There may be a 
time when I go back to those "ideas" and really 
develop them into full novels.

Q. Do many of them feature full figure heroines?
A. Of the list above, the only ones that do not 
feature full figured heroines are the old 
"ideas". Once I wrote Great Love and really 
focused on full figured heroines, I realized 
that the old stories I had were all missing that 
one thing... and it was a heroine I really 
believed in and identified with. I write so much 
more in-depth and more from the heart when it's 
a full figured heroine. And that is because it's 
the way I live.


Q. How long ago did you submit your first full manuscript 
to a publisher?
A. Great Love was originally submitted to a large 
romance publisher in the summer of 1998. It took 
them almost two years to reject the manuscript, 
though I'm not sure if they ever fully read it. 
In late May of 2001, I submitted it again to a 
publisher who specializes in first time authors. 
They accepted it quickly and put it into print 
in July of 2001, which is phenomenal. The 
publisher is small and offers both print-on-
demand technology as well as traditional 
publishing methods, however it is not a vanity 
publisher. I was given a very small advance and 
then I receive small royalties on each sale of 
Great Love. 
Q. Are you looking for other publishers? Someone a little 
more mainstream?
A. Yes, I'd love to see Great Love go mainstream 
and am trying really hard to promote it. 
Unfortunately, promotion is basically all up to 
me and I've never promoted a book before.

Q. Would you ever consider writing anything other than 
romance?
A. Oh yes, I'd love to write in other genres. My 
family desperately wants me to write a book 
about dogs since I'm an avid dog lover (can you 
tell?)... I would also like to co-write a 
vampire novel with my husband, who is also a 
writer.

Q. Do you read anything other than romance?
A. I do read other genres besides romance, though I 
will admit that serial romances are my favorite. 
I enjoy vampire books, some other horror books. 
suspense and some mysteries. I'm intrigued by a 
good story line more than I am a genre (outside 
of the romance category).

Q. Are there any authors who have influenced you?
A. When it comes to this question, I think I would 
be considered odd. I don't really follow many 
authors, but more I follow serials. For example, 
I was a faithful reader of Silhouette Intimate 
Moments and Special Edition books. I would read 
them non-stop if I had the opportunity, and I 
think in some ways those books influence my 
writings. Beyond that, like music, I more enjoy 
the individual songs than I do follow a musical 
group itself.

Q. Would you be willing to collaborate with another writer?
A. I think I would enjoy collaborating with my 
husband and would definitely consider cowriting 
with another author, but I wouldn't have any 
idea if I'd enjoy it or be good at it without 
having the opportunity to try it.


Q. In your bio you mentioned that you'd like to have a lot 
of dogs once you and your husband purchase a house. 
There are authors who have animals play very active 
rolls in all their work and Molly plays a big role in 
Samantha's life, are dogs going to be a staple in your 
books?
A. Yes, because I, as well as my entire family, 
love dogs, they will be a staple in my books. I 
think they are an integral part of life and that 
they bring light and joy and unconditional love 
to you unlike anything else. I will say that not 
all of the dogs will be as integral to the plot 
as Molly was, but they will show up at some 
point in each book.

Q. Does Samantha have a lot of you in her?

A. Yes, Samantha does have a lot of me in her. My 
family tells me that they can see pieces of my 
life and experiences woven into Great Love. I 
find it so easy to write about things I know and
so I use my life and my experiences to craft my 
heroines. No one heroine will be "me", but they 
will all have a part of me in them. That's what 
makes them realistic and human.

Q. I've always been curious about the an author's family 
plays in her career. Your husband is obviously very 
supportive, is the rest of your family like that as 
well? Do your brothers buy your books? : )

A. My husband is extremely supportive of me, as is 
my family. They have all be wonderful in the 
past months as I've gone through this new part 
of my life with Great Love. My brothers have 
purchased my book, though one says he won't read 
it due to the fact that he wants to remain 
ignorant of my love life experience, even though 
I've been married for two years. :) My brothers 
and I all live within thirty minutes of our 
parents and we enjoy spending time with them. I 
feel very lucky to have such great support in my 
life

Q. My Brother's Wife is being done in installments on The 
Venus Divas at www.venusimaging.com How many 
installments are there and is there anyway to get the 
full story all at one time?
A. I can't even tell you yet how many installments 
are going to be available at the 
VenusImaging.com website. To be honest, I 
haven't actually completed My Brother's Wife yet 
(it's one of the two incomplete books I'm 
working on). This is the first time I've written 
a serial for a website, and the first time 
VenusImaging has offered one, so we're still 
working out the details of how many... but the 
installments are supposed to be posted twice a 
month. If you're just dying to know what happens 
with Andi, Lee and Rick... good! Keep 
reading. :) I hope to have My Brother's Wife 
published at some point, but can't say when just 
yet.

Q. What you're doing for full figured women is incredible. 
You mentioned that it was a TV movie that made you see 
what was missing from your work. Before that were full 
figured woman involved in your novels at all? As 
support characters?
A. Before the tv movie, I didn't realize what had 
been missing in my books. I've been reading the 
same two Silhouette series since I was about 12 
years old so they were like a habit to me. I was 
always overweight as a child, as a teen, as an 
adult... now I think I read those romance novels 
so passionately because I didn't think I 
deserved to be loved or romanced. When I met my 
husband and found myself in such an amazing 
relationship, I realized that it was possible 
for people of all sizes to be loved and 
romanced. When I finished writing Great Love and 
read it for myself, I realized what was missing 
in all those romances... the ability to identify 
with a real heroine.
Q. Would the book with your husband be a vampire romance 
or straight up horror?

A. I think it would be both... I think between the 
two of us, we could come up with a winning 
combination. I have a couple of ideas, but we 
haven't pursued them as of yet. I'm currently 
pretty engrossed in the romance genre and he's 
smack dab in the middle of several of his own 
projects.


Q. What kind of books does your husband write? 
Has he been published? 

A. My husband says he writes fantasy, sci-fi and 
horror for the adventure gaming industry. :)He 
has an adventure coming out very soon and is 
currently working on his first solo game! In 
addition, he writes articles in the same 
industry for some industry magazines. 
Q. Do you rememebr the title of the TV Movie?
A. It was called Chance of a Lifetime and it 
starred John Ritter and Katey Sagal. It was a 
fun romantic comedy and I enjoyed the 
performances by both John and Katey. I wish I 
could thank whoever wrote it for doing it and 
getting it onto televsion... unfortunately I 
have no idea who wrote it. ;-)


Q. Have you seen anything or read anything since then with 
a similar story line? 
A. Unfortunately, no. Most of the movies that come 
out today that have full-figured women show the 
women as unhappy and unsuccessful in romance 
when they are heavy. At some point in the movie, 
the women lose weight and "suddenly" find love! 
What a crock... women of all sizes can have love 
and romance!