Born in Chicago, Illinois, Joni left the windy city at the age of 8 with her family to Japan where they lived near a US Army base. Upon return to the United States, she lived in Phoenix, Arizona where she graduated high school and began college. Discouraged, Joni quit college and joined the Navy where she became a photographer. After 3 years, she returned to college and got married. She got a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and an MBA before she decided to return to the Navy. While in the Navy, she was selected to attend the Army’s Command and General Staff College and graduated with a Master of Military Arts and Sciences degree. After 22 years in the Navy, Joni retired to travel the United States in a motor home with her husband. When he died unexpectedly, she returned to work in the federal government in a civilian job. Then, she got the writing bug and left her job to devote more time to her new passion. She currently lives in Texas and is a member of the Writers’ League of Texas and the Writer’s Garret.
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Featured Author: Kim Hornsby
Kim was once a Maui scuba instructor by day and sang with her band in the hotels by night. She drove a sports car and led a charmed single life.
After meeting her Prince Charming in a Puerto Vallarta dream date contest, they moved stateside and twenty years later have a 16 year old soccer playing son and an eleven year old writer daughter. She resides in a big messy house with her family and two very disobedient dogs, overlooking a lake near Seattle.
Writing books about women having adventures is her dream job and she loves to hear from readers.
Featured Author: L.E. Truscott
L.E. Truscott is an Australian author better known to her friends and family as Louise.
“I started writing Enemies Closer almost ten years ago after reading an action adventure novel in which the greatest contribution of the women characters seemed to be wearing bikinis and giggling.”
“My favorite thing in the whole world is stories – telling them, hearing them, reading them, watching them.”
“I have an Advanced Diploma of Arts in Professional Writing and Editing and a Master of Arts in Writing but there is nothing more important than time and effort. Everyone who asks me for tips on writing gets the same advice: just do it. There is no substitute, no fast track, no quick fix.” Continue reading “Featured Author: L.E. Truscott”
aLm hLgh: My Mom, Your Dad
aLm hLgh earned her Bachelor’s Degree from University of IL where she excelled in her chosen major of Communications. She won several coveted prestigious scholarships and writing awards for her writings; most notably the highly coveted Bernard Shaw Scholarship and Prize for writing.
Alm enjoys writing about unusual love relationships between men and women. She has been writing for over 20 years with several of her stories winning writing competitions and placement. Alm writes a prose column in a local Chicago area newspaper for many years. Alm writes stories about real people living real lives; the everyday folks like you and me. Her eBooks are all based on her screenplays that Hollywood producers and directors said would find no audience. She is very thankful to you her readers for proving them wrong.
Learn More about Alm from her Amazon author page. Continue reading “aLm hLgh: My Mom, Your Dad”