About Me

This is a story in progress. I'm embarking on a journey that has been a long time in the making. I have loved writing stories since I first picked up a pencil. While in elementary through high school I shared my fictional worlds with friends and relatives, I lacked the courage or discipline to really work at the craft.  In my adult life, I got so busy with work that my creative endeavors were placed on the back burner where they slowly boiled down to nothing.  I retired after thirty years as a legal assistant, and tried my hand at writing fiction. My first attempts were fruitless, and I feared my creative juices had dried up. But in 2021 I happened to see a flyer at the local library advertising classes in Creative Writing For Adults. I swallowed my social anxiety, jumped out of my comfort zone, and signed up. That leap led me to find that I still had a spark of imagination, and also found an amazing supportive community of creatives through Temecula Valley Writers and Illustrators.  I now have two short stories published, and with the encouragement of a Critique class and TVWI am working on my first novel. At 58 years old I found my tribe and my calling. I hope my story helps some realize it's not to late to start something new and we are always growing an learning.