I am the proud winner of my 8th grade English class suspense award for a short story. When everyone wondered what happened in the story after my awesome cliffhanger, I had to admit that I didn't actually know. Now I'm an award-winning author of science fiction, fantasy, and biblical fiction. I've won two Spark Awards from the LDSPMA Conference...

When I started this blog, I had some lofty intentions. My very first post declared that I was going to write a short story every month while also writing my novel and, presumably, posting regular updates on my blog. That post ended up being 1 of 3 that got posted. Apparently, I had some issues with my goals being realistic, given life and family ci...