As of typing this, I do have signed copies available in my online store, which you can find here. Additionally, I do a number of in person events each year, so keep your eye on my Events page.

Other than completing not one but two full length first drafts in 2022, and keeping a marriage alive for 10 years, I would say my home water births are my biggest and best accomplishments. I could literally write a book about it, and I probably will!

Oh, but, there are so many! But for the sake of time and webspace I'll just say I cannot and will never like mushrooms or seafood.

There are many, but let me brag on a few.

TOLKIEN. Need I say more? No, but I will. His ability to weave a great story is insane! How can you not picture the Shire, or the comical and endearing hobbits? It's impossible not to love all the characters and feel the adventure for yourself when you read his work. I could never write fantasy because I could never write it the way it deserves!

Piers Anthony, as well. He's an eclectic one, I daresay, but he's an exceptional storyteller with some of the best humor I've ever read, and he's one heck of a friendly person! I was honored to chat back and forth with him for a while, and he was kind enough to send me a signed bookplate to put into one of my favorite books, Dream A Little Dream.

Gena Showalter has been a long time inspiration, as well. From the first book I ever picked up of hers, I saw pieces of myself in the writing. The style, which I still can't hold a candle to, reminded me of mine on my best day, but it's more accurate to say it was a glimmering example of the kind of writer I wanted to be. Her ability to make me root for her heroes, build beautiful worlds I want to be part of, and to tug on my heart strings like no other is so impressive. Not to mention the metamorphosis her stories have gone through as of late. (IYKYK.) I am filled with joy for her. In a way, it feels like we've gone through the same journey, and it's radical to see how very not-alone we all are. (Gena, I'm sure you'll never read this, but God bless you, girl!) ((UPDATE: AS OF 8/1/25 SHE ACTUALLY DID READ THIS! SOMEBODY PINCH ME.))

Last but not least, I have to brag on Debbie Lynne Henderson. She is my mother but I am not biased at all. She can do just about everything - write, sew, draw, paint, carve, crochet, cook, and even train horses, and she's literally the only reason I have an ounce of talent in me!

If you mean what puts me in the writing mood, that would be stuff like watching a good franchise like LOTR, Harry Potter, Hunger Games, and even Twilight. Thinking fantastically always gives me the itch to put pen to paper.

If you mean what gives me ideas, that is another question...

Well, on the surface I have always wanted someone to adore my books the way I adore so many others. If I can touch even just one person with my story, I know that will be a great feeling worth waiting for. But at the heart of it all is a desire to give people a dose of positivity and shine as much of Jesus' light as I can. There are so many books on shelves today that are really well written and fit perfectly into the mainstream, but their content fails to inspire healthy emotions, relationships or realities in teens and young adults in particular. It's my ultimate goal to provide books that do.