Welcome!
I've been a writer all my life, from a first novel written when I was 10 to my current work, that I consider my true first novel. (The second one is under way.) I've written news stories, and articles on horses and dressage, on gardening and horticulture, and on Western history and Western fiction. I've written technical manuals on computer systems and aerospace electronics, and three books on various aspects of gardens, one of which was a finalist for the 2002 Washington State Book Award. Oh, yes, I also wrote a PhD dissertation.
I live in the Flathead Valley in Northwest Montana, and my father in his early years was a cowboy. Around here the word "cowboy" is not an insult.
I'm president of the Authors of the Flathead, a supportive group of writers numbering some 125 people. Our motto is "Writers helping writers," and our Web site is:
http://www.authorsoftheflathead.org.The most fun I have in writing is historical fiction. I love the complexity of blending accurate research with imaginative speculation, historical figures with fictional characters, historical incidents with fictional conflicts, fact with feeling.
A great-grandmother lived into her 90's, and my mother lived to be 106+. I think I'll be around to write for a long time to come! What fun!
Carol in Glacier National Park