She writes. She talks. She reads. She changes diapers. Nicole O’Dell is a mom of six–including a set of toddler triplets who may or may not be potty trained sometime in 2011. Jury’s still out on that one. She is the author of a bunch of YA books, including the popular Scenarios for Girls interactive fiction

She writes. She talks. She reads. She changes diapers. Nicole O’Dell is a mom of six–including a set of toddler triplets who may or may not be potty trained sometime in 2011. Jury’s still out on that one. She is the author of a bunch of YA books, including the popular Scenarios for Girls interactive fiction

We’re with Tracy Krauss, author of  My Mother the Man-Eater. Here is the conclusion of our time together. One of my favorite topics, plotting. Please tell us how you plot your novels. Once I have the basic idea or inspiration, I sit down and create fairly elaborate character sketches. I find this sometimes changes my

Tracy Krauss teaches high school art, drama and English. Originally from a small town in Saskatchewan, she received her bachelor’s degree in Saskatoon. Her second novel releasing February 24th, MY MOTHER THE MAN-EATER, was originally inspired when she was playing the Sims! The interesting back-stories and interaction that occurred soon mushroomed into the idea for

Tammy Barley has lived in twenty-seven places in eight states (so far) and have visited nearly all. When she’s not writing Tammy judges a number of top writing contests and loves working as a manuscript editor and biographer. She is also Mom to two sons, one daughter, a rescued American Eskimo dog, thirteen parakeets, and

Tina Pinson resides in Grand Junction, Colorado with her husband of 30 years, Danny. They own and operate Omega Avionics. The Pinsons have three grown sons, two beautiful daughter-in-laws and 5 grand children. Tina began her first novel in elementary school. Her love of writing has caused her to seek creative outlets be it writing poetry, songs, or stories.