Q: Let me start with asking you to tell us a little bit about yourself.
A. I retired some years ago from a variety of state and private jobs, mainly as an administrator. I owned my own home staging business for six years until a couple of years ago when I began to devote full time to writing. I live in a small town in Central Texas where rush hour consists of about 30 cars! Bliss after fighting metropolitan traffic for

Q: Let me start with asking you to tell us a little bit about yourself.
A. I’m a writer, editor and beachcomber living on the coast of California with my husband, Dan. We have three children, but suddenly they are all adults. Not sure how that happened so fast!

Q: When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?
A. When I managed a candy and ice cream store and kept a writing pad beneath the register to scribble down stories

Q: Let me start with asking you to tell us a little bit about yourself.
VALERIE: My maiden name is Valerie Hansen so it seemed very natural to use it for my Love Inspired books. This is #50 for LI, by the way. On the outside I’m a gazillion years old but on the inside I’m about forty, with two kids and seven grands.

LENORA: I’m a Southern girl. Always wanted to be a writer. Married my high school sweetheart and moved