I Would Like To Make

I Work At Home, In The Country, And Days Will Go By When, Except For My Husband And Son And The Occasional Ups Man, The Only Sentient Creatures That See Me Are My Chickens And Turkeys.

I Love Convincing A Reader That An Unusual Or Seemingly Ordinary Subject Is Worth His Or Her Time - It's Part Of The Fun For Me As A Writer.

Sometimes I'm Dazzled By How Modern And Fabulous We Are, And How Easy Everything Can Be For Us; That's The Gilded Glow Of Technology, And I Marvel At It All The Time.

I Love Tearing Things Out Of The Ground. I Love Digging And Discarding. I Love Pruning. In Fact, I Love Pruning So Much That I Once Gave Myself Carpal-tunnel Syndrome Because I Attacked A Trumpet Vine With So Much Dedication.

Being A Good Designer Certainly Doesn't Guarantee That You're Good At Business. It's Probably More Surprising When The Two Talents Coexist In One Person.