Most people who know me think I'm your nice, ordinary average wife and mom of two young kids. They see someone who does all that ordinary stuff, like grocery shopping, walking the dog, going to baseball games, and somehow always forgetting to get the house cleaned and laundry done.What they don't know is that more often than, I am somewhere far, far away, in an extraordinary world, deeply embroiled in solving a riddle or puzzle or crime, testing the limits of possibility, exploring the unexplained, and holding my breath while two people fall in love. Those who do know have learned to go easy on me. They know what my blank stare means, and they know when I politely nod, I haven't heard a word. I even have a few awesome friends who know to call me with gentle reminders about things like the first day of school and neighborhood block parties! Regardless of which world I'm in, my story worlds or the real world, I love rain and wind and thunder and lightning, the first warm kiss of spring and the first cool whisper of fall, family, friends, and animals, dreams, happy endings, and...chocolate chip cookies.