Writer

It wasn’t my plan to be a writer. Somehow I fell into a short-term devotional writing gig in 2021 for a widely read Instagram account. Friends urged me to keep writing. On a whim I joined an online writing critique group. Their gracious feedback encouraged me to set forth on my dream of writing Biblical fiction. I’m also working on a non-fiction book proposal.

There isn’t a target release date for either, but if you’re interested in my current scribblings, join me on Substack.

Background

I was raised as a Midwest farmer’s daughter, graduated from a state university with a BS degree in apparel design, moved to a big city, and married a software engineer.

I am creative by nature. I like to make things. I like adventures. I often ask too many questions. These characteristics often make life more difficult yet interesting.

God led me to enroll in seminary when I was fifty. Somehow He miraculously carried me through three years of Hebrew and a degree in Old Testament Biblical Studies. Now I’m a Bible Nerd. The Bible is cool!

Random Facts

My husband and I live on 2 1/2 acres in a Pacific Northwest suburb (Costco is two miles away) where we garden, tend chickens, and occasionally watch the local herd of elk graze through the neighborhood.

In our free time we like to bicycle, kayak, and snowshoe.

We renovated a 2017 Ford Transit van into a camper van. Roadtrip!

We walked a marathon once. It was a life-changing experience.

I worked in a quilt shop for many years. Some of my quilting patterns were published in major quilting magazines.

Knitting is my current hobby.

Rhubarb pie is my favorite!

Reading and napping in a hammock is my happy place.