A glimpse into Denise's life:
Denise lives in the great Southwest, where it’s a ‘dry heat’. Oftentimes, it’s the place otherwise known as Hell, but Hell may be cooler. She’s lived in various parts of Arizona, California, New York, Nevada, Ohio, Massachusetts and even brief stints in Texas, Hawaii, and Louisiana. Currently single, she lives with her diva Shih Tzu. Or is that, a Shih Tzu named Diva?
By day, she’s a case management nurse, working from her home. It pays the bills and feeds her book and shoe addictions. By night, Denise is a voracious bibliophile, book reviewer and writer. She reviews for an online site as well as a review magazine, all under a pen name. She’s always loved to write as well, but instead of simply dabbling in short stories that she’d create for friends and family, she’s decided to bite the bullet, complete a full novel and submit for publication and all the insanity that goes with that. Tune in to her blog for periodic updates.
Before reviewing and writing, when she actually had free time, she read voraciously. (Now she just has a vicious TBR pile that multiplies before her eyes.) She doesn’t prefer to limit herself to just one genre and reads everything from Thrillers to Erotic Romances and everything in between. Mysteries, Romances, the backs of cereal boxes. She is picky about what she enjoys even though it spans multiple genres. A good book must capture her attention, and keep it, with riveting conflict, a plot that moves and magnetic characters who actually grow during the story.
When she doesn’t have her nose in a book, or her fingers on a computer keyboard, she also enjoys cooking and attempting new recipes often. She must do a good job because friends and family are her returning guinea pigs. Or maybe they’re just pigs. ; - )
What else does Denise love? Music. Oh yes. Having grown up with music in her life, again she can’t be pinned down to one genre. That’d be too boring. She listens to everything. DuranDuran (have you heard their new stuff?), Nickelback, Sting, The Alarm, Bryan Ferry, Boney James, Chicane (you have to listen to them!), Brian McKnight, Enigma, Loreena McKennitt, Matchbox Twenty, Dana Glover, Chris Daughtry and who could forget Joss Stone? You can find her relaxing to Gregorian Chant or the LOTR soundtrack, with the lights down low and incense in the burner.
Movies are another love: Aventures, old Epics, Audrey Hepburn movies (Sabrina, Roman Holiday, Funny Face), The Thomas Crown Affair, the Matrix trilogy, Pitch Black and who wouldn’t be enthralled by a good Disaster movie? These aren’t movies, but she’s started up yoga and Tae Bo DVDs again. Don’t mess with her, she’ll come out relaxed AND kicking!
Movies are one thing, TV is another. She’s not big on television and of course, even less so because of the writer’s strike. However, she’s been keeping up with House, Private Practice and Grey’s Anatomy. And she’s absolutely hooked on Moonlight. Her only true addiction this season.
Want to know more? Read her blog. She promises to update you at least once a week.