I obtained my Bachelor of Business Administration, with a major in Computer Information Systems at Southwest Texas State University in 1985. I have
fond memories of completing a senior DBMS project with one of the first dual-floppy 8086 IBM PCs and pfs:WRITE software. After learning WordPerfect 4.2 in early 1988, I developed custom courseware and trained law
offices that were converting from Wang systems to PC-based Local Area Networks. In 1990, I began teaching classes for the international training company, Productivity Point International (PPI), and progressed into
courseware development for their corporate headquarters. My student and instructor manuals were distributed internationally for use in all PPI training centers.
In 1993, I wrote my first book for Que with Michael Miller called Oops! What To Do When Things Go Wrong with WordPerfect. My second book, WordPerfect 6.0 SureSteps
was written that same year. Since that time, I have authored or co-authored six other books for Que, including Que's First Look at Windows 95 and three editions of the Special Edition Using WordPerfect
books (for versions 6, 6.1 and 7).
I have also written extensively for Que Education and Training, which specializes in corporate and academic training materials. I wrote nine student manuals and three instructor
manuals on all levels of Microsoft Windows, Corel WordPerfect and Microsoft Word.
I was a contributing editor for the WordPerfect for Windows Magazine for almost four years until it's untimely demise in 1998. I wrote
the monthly "Basics" column for the first year before taking over the "Troubleshooting" column.
More recently, I've been writing for DDC Publishing, a book publisher that targets the academic
market. I wrote two Internet Business Binders for them, Business Binder II and Careers. These binders teach high school and college students how to use the Internet as a research tool. I co-write the One Day Course
titled "Upgrading to Office 2000" and did some tech editing for them as well.
My latest project is revising the Special Edition Using WordPerfect 9 book for the newest release, WordPerfect 10. We expect the book to be
available before Christmas.
When I'm not chained to my computer, I enjoy scuba diving, cooking, reading, and chasing small children around the back yard. I live in Austin, Texas with my husband, Jeff, and our three
children: Ben, Lindsey and Sarah.
