Megan Denby
I'm a Canadian girl and I live in the cozy, lakeside community of Port Perry, Ontario. I grew up on a farm in the middle of a family of six, with two older sisters, whom I wanted to be just like and a younger brother who explored the back roads with me on our bikes. My world is my family, my friends and my writing.
A baseball player for twenty years, I retired after breaking both my ankles and have since taken to the lake to become an avid dragonboater. I decided to challenge myself this year (a.k.a. midlife crisis) and am currently training for The Warrior Dash - an extreme 5K obstacle course. A true Canadian, I love watching hockey and recently joined the local women's hockey league as a rookie goalie. When I'm not hanging out with my family, I can be found drawing inspiration at our cottage in Northern Ontario.
I love a good story, no matter what genre. Twists and turns and the unexpected are what draw me in initially but the writing must also be beautiful and flowing, although raw and gripping is good too. I firmly believe in the 'show don't tell' technique. Lyrical prose get me every time. My favourite authors range from Luanne Rice to Tami Hoag but I am discovering some exciting indie authors that I will soon add to this list!
A Thistle in the Mist was an idea born over ten years ago and was inspired by the turbulent life of my feisty Scottish great-grandmother. After shelving my novel for many years, I dusted it off, edited like crazy and spent six months conversing with literary agents. Impatient to share my story, I opted to self-publish and released it on Amazon on January 18th 2013.
Between family and research, I am hard at work on my second book, Lost to the Mist, and hope to have it released in 2014.
Please visit my website @ www.megandenby.com for more information
“My hope is that each and every reader will enter the world I've crafted with my words and come out the other side touched in some way by their experience.”
“To the average person, voices in your head may be worrisome, especially if you answer them out loud, but to a writer, these voices are what direct you to create the most wonderful tales.”
“Maybe it's the shadows that beckon, but I've created some of my nastiest work in the middle of the night.”