Q: How long have you been writing and what other careers or jobs have you had?
A. For thirty-six years, I was a practicing physician, the last ten spent as a professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. Although I’d had over 100 papers published in scientific journals and either written or edited eight textbooks, I had no idea of writing outside the medical field until 1999 when my first wife died. I used journaling as a coping
Q: Let me start with asking you to tell us a little bit about yourself.
A. I majored in communications, was a travel agent for ten years, then moved on to earn my EMS degree. I’ve been an EMT and a Haz-Mat and FEMA Operative since 2005.
I signed a nine-book publishing contract in July; my first book releases March 2013.
My husband (of twenty-three years) and I have three children.
Q: When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?
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Q: How did you get your start writing fiction and what genre do you predominantly write in?
A. I was doing all three Love Inspired lines for a while. Lately, I’ve been concentrating on suspense because I prefer it and apparently my readers agree.
Q: In this busy world, how do you find time to connect with God and how does this impact your writing?
A. It was coming to live in the Bible Belt that really focused my career. I went
