Because of a visual problem, Pam, the child, was not a reader, but an artist and a dreamer. She learned by hearing and endured years of embarrassment when asked to read. She also expended tremendous effort hiding her "failure" to read well. Over the years she worked as an artist, floral designer and a seamstress while raising a family. This is when she got hooked on books reading to her own children and then novels. In 1993 her husband of 29 years, passed and stories flooded her mind and kept coming, compelling her to write them down. Pam says it was God's gift to help her through her grief. She has been writing ever since. "It's pure joy to discover a character and watch them bloom on the page, to visit their world and feel the drama in their lives. I am so blessed," says Pam. "What a life-what a journey!"