I’ve been creative most of my life. I started writing when I was 8 years old. I was never without paper and pen in the early years. I took a correspondence course in 2006 from the Institute of Children’s Literature and published my first story in an ezine the same year. I published my first novel, Scarred in 2012. The rest of the series followed almost yearly. I now have nine books published and will soon have another published in the beginning of 2026. You can find all my books on the site. The book pictured above is my latest novel. I finished writing it in November.
A few years ago, I started rock painting at the ADRC. I had never painted before and didn’t think I could paint. I found out differently.
These are a few of my rocks. My most current are the snowman with the Christmas tree on the right, the candle, the North Pole, and the small Nativity. I painted those in the last few weeks. The others were painted in recent years.
Are you creative? Let me know in the comments below. Thanks for reading. The images belong to me.
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