English teacher made the mistake of offering extra credit for original short
stories, and was suddenly swamped with Shauna’s writing. Dutifully reading each
story (at least, she wrote encouraging things in the margins), this teacher inspired
Shauna to follow her dreams, leaving her with a warm spot in her heart for all
English teachers.
of early manuscripts, most written in pencil on lined paper. She lives in the
high desert of the southwest with her husband and four children. On springtime
hiking adventures to the many Ancestral Puebloan ruins near her home, she finds
inspiration for her writing. She also likes to experiment in the kitchen, perform
in local singing groups, and travel to exotic locations to collect wind chimes.
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“Soul in Ashes Series – As an exile studying the healing arts in a foreign land, Alswyn discovers ash magic that could destroy a delicate peace treaty and plunge the countryside back into war. Now she must reveal the truth of her sordid past, risking her new life as she uses forbidden knowledge to counter the ash magic and catch the sorcerer before her adopted homeland is destroyed.
Out of the Past: Episode 1 – Alswyn can no longer avoid the peace treaty delegation from her homeland when Lady Serrin, the king’s foreign bride, falls prey to a mysterious illness, and Koen discovers a demon summoning circle in the castle’s slim tower.”
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These days, I perform in a local women’s show choir and in my family
band.
2. I’m on the board of my local community theater. I’ve acted in
amateur stage plays and musicals off and on since I was in high
school.
3. I love to travel, though I don’t do it often, and I collect wind
chimes from the places I visit. My favorite trip so far was to
Puerto Rico in 2013.
4. I am a survivor of stage 3 breast cancer, for almost 3 years now.
5. Before I was a mom, I worked in television and video production.
I have a Film degree and a few awards from my productions, including
2 Emmys. My specialty is editing.
6. My other, related profession is graphic artist. My husband and I
ran a web site design business for many years. He was the
programmer, I was the designer. Now, he has a CPA business, and I’m
his office manager. (Tax season, here we come!)
7. I have an amazing husband and 4 beautiful daughters who are very
talented. We like to joke that everything in our house is pink, even
our musical instruments.
8. I enjoy baking bread and experimenting in the kitchen (although
my family isn’t so sure about that last part). My favorite thing to
do is try to recreate dishes from restaurants I’ve been to.
9. For obvious reasons, Christmas is my favorite holiday. But I also
love Halloween–not because of the gore and scary stuff, but because
I get to dress up and play pretend. I have a tradition of building a
simple, humorous haunt at my house for trick-or-treaters in my
neighborhood.
10. When I was in middle school, my English teacher gave extra
credit for short stories, and I flooded her with penciled
manuscripts. She corrected them for me and read the revised
versions, writing encouraging things in the margins. She was the
first person to tell me: “You are a writer!” This book is dedicated
to her.
