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Fiction, the foundation of life's most secret dreams, hopes, and opportunities. 

After more than a decade of writing for others, stressing about their needs and wants, their outcomes and objectives, I've finally reached a point in my life when I am ready to take charge of my own narrative. 

Come along with me on a journey of writing, passion, and discovery. 

Born in Dayton, Ohio, I was blessed to grow up with a big, boisterous family and attended Catholic school until we moved to a then-rural growing town between Dayton and Cincinnati. The town and I grew up together, and I am thrilled to be raising my own children here.

My senior year of high school, I was offered a full academic scholarship to Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland, where I began classes as a chemistry major. After taking some general education classes in other content areas, I quickly became infatuated with communication studies. A lifelong wallflower, I wanted to discover more about other people and how they tick. Not willing to completely give up on my love of math and science, I may be one of the few people to ever graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies and a minor in chemistry.

Moving back to Ohio to be closer to my family, I landed in higher education as director of admissions for a small graphic design college. Several years later, I moved to a larger public university where I grew into copywriting, marketing, and social media. Eventually I enrolled at Wright State University and earned my Master of Business Administration, adding yet another suit to my deck of cards, before moving on to work in the corporate world.

Along the same time, I met the love of my life, Alan, and we proceeded to grow a few humans. All boys. I'm outnumbered. But I wouldn't change a thing. At least the dog is a girl. Small victories.

These days, between sports practices, laundry, cleaning, taking the dog out umpteen times per day, and work, I can occasionally be found sipping on sweet Riesling with gummy bears (But skip the green ones. Trust me. Very scientific.) and immersed in reading, writing, or listening to groan-worthy stories from my boys.