Pictures

	Here I am with my husband, Scott.
	Eli Samuel Barritt, born June 12, 2006. He's a real sweetie!
	My little sweetie!
	This best critique partners ever--Mary Connealy and Suzan Robertson. We're horsing around at the Grand Old Opry Hotel in Nashville.
	Here I am with my mentor, Siri Mitchell. Man, can that girl write!
	My sister Mari Louise and I. What do you think, twins?
	Here I am with my one-time critique partner Nicole Young. Her book hits the shelves Spring 2007.
	Here I am at my first official book signing for "Changed: True Stories of Finding God in Christian Music"
	The fabulous Jennifer Creasy with WJLZ interviewed me about the "Changed" project. She even let me play and sing a few songs with my guitar ON THE AIR! It rocked!

New Book Out!

"Changed" is out and available at your local Christian bookstore. Check out a copy and maybe your life will be "changed" through the stories about Christian music.

Quotable Quotes

I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.

~George Burns

Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic.

~Jean Sibelius

The writer who sits at her desk with an empty piece of paper staring back is like the explorer who stands at the edge of a new continent.

~James Michener

The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon.

~Robert Cormier