Always Respect Mother Nature. Especially When She

Throughout History, Knowledge Rises And Falls, Ebbs And Flows. What Once Was Known Is Forgotten Again, Lost In Time, Sometimes For Centuries, Only To Be Rediscovered Ages Later.

I Wrote For Years Before I Was Ever Published, And I Don't Think I Could Ever Stop. That Said, I Was Also A Veterinarian Before I Sold My First Book, And I Still Volunteer My Time To Help With Animal Welfare Causes. So That Is A Career I Would Be Happy To Return To - While Still Secretly Writing Strange Stories Back In My Doctor's Office.

I Subscribe To National Geographic, Scientific American, Discover, And A Slew Of Other Magazines. And It Is While Reading Articles For Pleasure And Interest That An Interesting What If? Will Pop Into My Head.

Growing Up With Three Brothers And Three Sisters, I Was The Storyteller Of The Family... What My Mother Called 'the Liar.'

The Turning Point Was When I Hit My 30th Birthday. I Thought, If Really Want To Write, It's Time To Start. I Picked Up The Book How To Write A Novel In 90 Days. The Author Said To Just Write Three Pages A Day, And I Figured, I Can Do This. I Never Got Past Page 3 Of That Book.