Q: Let me start with asking you to tell us a little bit about yourself.

A:  I’m a country girl from Kentucky. Nothing special about me. I grew up on a farm and spent plenty of time, along with my two sisters, helping our mother and father with the chores and the crops. I still live not far from that farmhouse where I was born. My roots go deep on this land and I feel blessed to live in such a

Q: How long have you been writing and what other careers or jobs have you had?

A:  I’ve been writing for as long as I could pick up a pencil and shape letters, or at least that’s what my parents tell me! My earliest taste of “being a writer” came from a writing contest I entered in second grade. My poem won me a t-shirt and publication in a little local newsletter booklet. Since then, all of my other jobs have