I’m a writer who cares deeply about my characters and their worlds. If I were to sum up my essence, I’d say I am a glass half-full person who believes in the power of hope and the grace of God. Although many of my characters experience great darkness, light always carries them through. I was [...]
I began to write a story about a young street child in Africa after being moved by an episode on TV from Ross Kemp about glue kids in Kenya. In this episode Ross showed children as young as 9 years old eking out a meagre living by scavenging on the rubbish tips for food and [...]
Lissa’s story in Hear Me is one that deals with universal themes of life and death, addiction and the scourge of racism. Addiction, and the ravages it causes in people’s lives, is something I feel strongly about having seen it firsthand in the lives of many that I love and in the society around me. [...]