"Writing words, words, more words!"
—Norma Desmond, Sunset Boulevard

It's a hard-boiled fact, silent film stars would have hated me. But the death knell that signaled La Desmond's inevitable demise turned out to be my salvation, thanks to a lifelong passion for creating stories through all those wonderful letters and words. From the time I could lift a crayon, I've used words to get out of trouble (Mom got a lot of mea culpa notes) and into the hearts and minds of millions via copy for everything from cola and cosmetics to home goods and hotel chains. Along the way, I found lots of parallel paths to express my creativity—through drawing, painting and sculpture as a Studio Art major, gallery shows as a fine art photographer and countless interior and landscape design plans for friends and family. But my first love has been and always will be the endless possibilities words can create—including my career-long close up as a writer.