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My journey into writing began with poetry. Writing became a way for me to express thoughts and emotions that I sometimes found easier to put on paper than to say aloud. Love, relationships, disappointment, hope, personal experiences, and simply observing life around me all became sources of inspiration. My first two books, Once, Twice, Three Times a Charm and So Many Things Mean Love, reflected that early stage of my journey. Poetry gave me a voice. But as I grew, my writing grew with me. I began to realize that words could do more than express emotions—they could encourage, educate, challenge, inspire, and perhaps even help someone through a difficult season of life. That realization eventually led me beyond poetry into personal development, memoir, and safety education. Although the subjects of my books have changed over the years, the purpose behind my writing has remained consistent: I want my words to mean something to the person reading them.

After being a survivor of narcissistic abuse for over two decades all the stories that I kept in my head in order to maintain my sanity I decided to put them on paper. In the past my stories were stolen some burned and destroyed but I remembered the majority that was deep in me.

B- I've been creating stories my whole life. The first story I told in great detail was when I was four. My mom asked 'what do you want to be when you grow up?' And I wove her an entire story about how I was going to work at McDonald's, marry a school bus driver (I didn't even ride the bus nor go to school), live in an upstairs apartment, and have a horse and a cat (IN my apartment). The first story I wrote was when I was eight about a bunny on a picnic. And wrote my first book when I was thirteen a historical family drama told through diary entries inspired by Dear Mr. Henshaw. I took writing classes in high school. I was the editor for the literary magazine. I took writing classes in college, and wrote my second book in 2007. She never published any of her work because she always felt like her plots were a little too shallow. D tried to write a book many years ago but didn't finish it due to a profound lack of depth to his characters. In 2022, B and D got married and decided to combine their powers, shore up each others weaknesses, and finally become published authors. B brings a deep understanding of human psychology to create rich characters, a (mostly) attention to details, and ability to craft prose learned from years of study and practice. And D brings his analytical brain to develop deep plots and rich magic systems.

I was originally an academic, teaching at first rate Japanese universities, then branching out into writing textbooks. As educational publishers are notoriously poor at graphics and photography, I submitted my own photographs to supplement each chapter in textbooks. My extensive travels throughout Japan gave me the opportunity to photograph anf write about many varied places, particularly Japanese gardens, which is my specialty.