About Me

I am an author, advertising copywriter, playwright, video editor, mother, wife and intellectual equestrienne (that means I love them more in spirit than I actually ride them these days!) As a writer, I take my passions–horses, France, cooking, travel, and writing–and put them in my books. (How else am I going to have all these amazing adventures without leaving home?)

I wrote my newest book, Fear of Falling, because I’ve spent a good deal of time in the last few years wondering if life would’ve been better for my son if he hadn’t had all the electronic distractions that have been such a large part of his world. His father and I spent so much more time reading when we were children, not to mention exploring the world on our own terms. I also felt that my apprehension about  his safety in this dangerous world of ours has been more pronounced than that of my parents’. So I decided to write a story that would plunge a 2012 family into 17th century living conditions to see how that might feel. I created a world without electronics and cars and communication devices and plopped my normal American family into the midst of it. (I love time travel stories and this was a way to do that, too!) Plus, I love horses! So this was a great way to naturally interject that element into the story.

I wanted the book to direct a spotlight on  some of  the fears we share, as parents, in raising our children and keeping them safe in our culture, our world. And yet, when faced with REAL fears, like defending your home from cutthroats and vermin or just keeping from starving to death, our 2012 worries are put in perspective.  I love the idea of stripping away all the things we think are essential in our daily round in order to find the stuff underneath that really matters. To that end, I also tried to show that God is easier to see and hear when you eliminate the noise and constant stimulation of our present-day world.

Fear of Falling

 When Matt and Sarah Woodson take a much-needed vacation with their ten-year old son from their busy lives back in Jacksonville, Florida, their intention is to find a remote spot in which to relax and unwind. What happens within hours of settling in to a rustic cottage on the coast of Ireland is an international incident that leaves the family stranded and dependent on themselves for their survival. Facing starvation, as well as looters and opportunists,  they learn the hard way the important things in life. Can a family skilled only in modern day suburbia and corporate workplaces learn to survive when the world is flung back a hundred years? When there is no internet, no telephones, no electricity and no cars? And when every person near them is desperate to survive at any cost?