I live near Glasgow, Scotland with my husband, Jim, also a writer, and our white-faced cockatiel, Poirot. Before that I lived in the San Francisco Bay area in California, still the home of my aging parents, a lovely son and daughter, their delightful spouses and 3 lovely grandchildren among them. In the US I worked long hours as a production manager/engineer in electronics. It was not until I came to the UK that I finally had the proper atmosphere in which to write.
I have always been a creative and productive dabbler, a multi-tasking, card-carrying Gemini. Since I was waylaid by a chronic illness a couple of years ago, I now find it difficult to walk and chew gum at the same time--I get tired just thinking about doing something. Formerly a voracious reader, I find it very difficult to read more than a few pages at a time. This has been most depressing, especially since it meant having to put aside publication of two literary journals, my main source of mental stimulation. In spite of these limitations, I still find time to promote my fellow authors, musicians and artists in whatever way I can.
On good days, I continue to work on my own novels. I finished the first one in 1998 and I have four others in various stages of completion.