Hello!!

Here's a link to my author bio on FanFiction

A little about me

Yes, that picture is actually of me. I'm watching the sunset on the last evening we were in Hawaii when I was sixteen.

I am: a Christian, a writer, a sister, a friend, a daughter, a horseback rider, a student, a spaz, a klutz, a dumb blonde, a shopping addict, a coffee addict, an extrovert, probably ADD, usually goofy, serious when I have to be, short, sarcastic, and a generally happy person.

I am not: an athlete, a cook, an artist, emo, organized, or quiet.

I love to: write, think, listen to music, read, do complicated nail art, ride horses, goof around with my friends, be totally random, laugh, shop, eat, watch movies, play with puppies, and play with kids.

I love God more than anything. He is my everything, and that will never change.

More about me: My family has three wonderful dogs (1 beagle and 2 labrador/golden retriever crosses), and a very bratty African Gray Parrot. I love dogs and horses, and I am a bit (okay, a lot) fashion-obsessed and I think shopping should be an Olympic sport. I have a group of the greatest friends that I could ever ask for, some of whom I know from my AWESOME youth group and some whom I know from school. They're incredibly supportive (even when I sit down in the middle of some event and start writing), and some of the poems that are up here were written by or about them, though I'll always mention that in the author's note beforehand.

If you’re going to try to stalk me through the Internet, then good luck with that! And if you happen to succeed and show up at my front door like the creep that you are if you bother to succeed and show up at my front door, then I will apply the three inch heel of my favorite batgirl boots to your rib cage at eighty miles per hour. ‘Kay? ‘Kay.

Favorite Music: I mostly listen to country and Christian music. I don't have one favorite song because I like too many.

Favorite Books/Authors: Dean Koontz, George R.R. Martin, J.K. Rowling, and Tamora Pierce (except for the Trickster's series--HATED those). Also love Chicken Soup, A Little Princess, The Cage, Heros of the Holocaust, Night, Under A Different Sky, Heartland, and any other horse books out there. I hate Robert Jordan with a passion. An eleven book series of BS, and even after he dies someone finishes it for him. Really?!

My Pet Peeves:

Flames. Reviews are meant to help the writer improve. When you post flames, all you're doing is tearing them down. If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.

People who consider writing a hobby. Writing is not simply a hobby. It is a drive, and it as important to a writer's existence as food and water. And sometimes more important.

People who don’t get that 99 percent of writers are perfectionists. Yes we are. Get over it. No matter how many times you tell us that the chapter is good, we will be able to find a problem with it. SO QUIT BUGGING US ABOUT IT. Eventually, we will get sick of revising it and post it even if we don’t like it. So bug off, and be patient. Patience is a virtue.

My mom and all her hipocrisy. As well as all of her lies, i-never-said-that-s, helicopter parenting, acts, and excessive opinions about every minor detail.

I collect quotes. Some of my favorites. (serious first)

My goal in life is to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am.

Dogs are not our whole lives, but they make our lives whole.

We give dogs time we can spare, room we can spare, and food we can spare. In return, dogs give us their all. Best damn deal man ever made.

Christians aren’t perfect, just forgiven.

I may not be perfect, but Jesus thinks I'm to die for.

Stop telling God how big your storm is; instead tell the storm how big your God is.

Only God can heal a broken heart, but first he has to have all the pieces.

Some Christians haven't thought about whether they would die for Jesus because they haven't really been living for him.

Be the kind of woman that, when your feet hit the floor each morning, the Devil says "Aww crap, she's up!"

Dance with God. He'll let the perfect man cut in.

Love doesn't make the world go round, but it sure makes the ride worthwhile.

Boys are immature, guys are jerks, men are rare.

Woman came from man’s rib. Not from his feet to be walked on, nor from his head to be superior, but from the side to be equal, from under the arm to be protected, and from next to the heart to be loved.

Don't marry someone you can live with. Marry someone you can't live without. My grandma

You may not mean much to the world, but you mean the world to someone.

Every man dies. The only question is how, and why.

Every man dies. Not every man really lives.

Life may not be the game we hoped for, but while we're here, we might as well play.

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die tomorrow.

If you are not prepared to give it all, do not call it love. If you are not prepared to give it up, then do not ask it of others. If you are completely ready for anything, you are obviously delusional. (a friend)

It’s mind over matter: you don’t mind, it don’t matter. My dad's marathon coach

When you come to a fork in the road, take it

You laugh because I’m different. I laugh because you’re all the same.

I would rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not.

I'm a lover, not a fighter. But I'll fight for what I love.

Never risking anything is the greatest risk of all.

You need a reason to be sad. You don't need a reason to be happy.

I'll pick you up when you fall, and if I can't I'll just lay down beside you.

Have you prayed about it as much as you've talked about it?

If you don't stand behind our troops feel free to stand in front of them.

They don't have to be related to be your closest family.

When I was little, my friends would make me cry and I hugged my mom. Now, when my mom makes me cry, I go hug my friends.

She's my best friend. Break her heart and I'll break your face.

God made us best friends because he knew our moms couldn't handle us as sisters.

I forgive, but I don't forget.

I wrote down what I couldn't say.

What's the point, if it can't be written?

Writing is the only thing that I can do without feeling like I'm supposed to be doing something else.

(okay, funny ones now)

Girls can do anything boys can...but we can do it high heels.

Calories consumed while devouring chocolate ice cream with your girls when you're having a bad day DO NOT COUNT!!

I am not short, I am fun-sized.

I am not a shop-aholic, I'm bosting the economy.

I am not drunk. I am by nature a loud, clumsy, friendly person.

Behind every cheerful, well-adjusted nurse is a patient waiting to change that by the end of the shift.

Coffee makes it possible to get out of bed, chocolate makes it worthwhile.

My friends are the types of people who will spend an hour trying to drown a fish.

I have flying monkeys. Don't make me use them.

Do you want to talk to the doctor who's in charge, or the nurse who actually knows what's going on?

I'm going to stop procrastinating...tomorrow.

If we were meant to pop out of bed, we'd all sleep in toasters.

I've had a face-off with a 1000 pound horse. You don't scare me.

Forget glass slippers, I want red stilettos.

Good friends don't let you do stupid things...alone.

All you need in life is a guy who promises not to break your heart and a best friend to kick is butt if he does.

We give boys codenames so they don't know we're talking about them.

Trying to find the perfect man is like trying to find Atlantis. Jamie O'Neil

I didn't trip, it was a gravity surge!

Give me coffee or the protagonist dies.

Automatic doors make me feel like a JEDI.

When life hands you lemons, make grape juice, then sit back and watch the world wonder how you did it.

Whoever said that you can't buy happiness forgot about PUPPIES!!

The more I get to know guys, the more I like dogs.

Men are not pigs. Pigs are cute, considerate and caring.

Men, chocolate and coffee are all better rich.

I'm not suffering from insanity, I'm enjoying every minute of it!

It is better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you are stupid than to open it and remove all doubt. Mark Twain

My labrador retriever is smarter than your honor student.

Okay, who stopped the payment on my reality check?

Don’t take life too seriously, you won't get out alive.

When it comes to thought, some people will stop at nothing. My friend

Make God laugh--plan for the future.

Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the heck happened.

When all else fails, just pretend to know what you're doing.

Nobody uses semicolons; get rid of them.

Priceless Moments I Feel Compelled To Share:

My friend: You’re acting like an idiot again.
Me (with crazy eyes): I’m not acting.
Him (trying not to laugh): You’ve got a point.

My friend: The day I go to prom is the day pigs fly!
Me (to her boyfriend): You fly?
Him: Ouch.

Same girl as the one above (coming out of dressing room in PacSun, wearing cute, jersey-style top): Does this shirt make me look like a jock’s girlfriend?
Me and our other friend (laughing): You are a jock’s girlfriend!
Her: Dang it, I can’t use that line anymore, can I?
Us (shoving her back in the dressing room): Nope! And you have to buy that now.

The same girl who started the last two: I’m in a bad mood now cause we just got creamed by (rival high school). (she’s on cross country)
Her boyfriend: Would it cheer you up if I hit Blondie Pants for you? (and yes, he did call me that. he is the creator of that nickname.)
Me: Hey! I’m right here.
Her: No, she’d cry, and then we’d both feel bad.
Me: HEY!!

Me (to the guy mentioned in the last couple, about his girlfriend, my best friend) Shut her up, will you?
Him: (kisses her)
Me: Thanks. (finishes whatever I was saying to someone else)
Him: (lets go. She looks really dazed.)
Me: Quick, what’s 5+5?
Her: Uhh…seven? No wait!
(too late, everyone is laughing. even better, it happened again half an hour later, but this time she answered 7+7 with ten.)

Enjoy my stories :)