Before turning to fiction, Catherine was a journalist and later spent eleven years as the editor of a regional specialty publication. Of two newsletters she edited, one garnered her a national award. After completing the rigorous Professional Writing Courses at the University of Oklahoma, she sold her science-fiction, contemporary romance, and paranormal short stories. She has had two dozen articles published on the craft of writing fiction. Currently, she is marketing novel-length work.
In 1995, she joined Pennwriters , a statewide writers organized with 500 plus members and holds a Published Penn status. From 1998-2001 she was the Pennwriters Annual Writing Contest chair and from 2004-2008 she severed as Pennwriters' Area 1 Representative. She volunteers as the Pennwriters Round Robin Critique Coordinator. In 2010, she was awared the Pennwriters Meritorious Service Award.
She earned an RWA (Romance Writers of America) Pro Pin and has been a member of RWA and two of its chapters. She's also been a member of the International Womens Writing Guild and currently is an active member of the OWW (Online Writing Workshop).
Catherine sincerely believes a writer needs to be self-educated so she reads extensively about the business and craft of writing and attends workshops and conferences. She has given more than 30 workshops to writers, judged numerous writing contests, privately edits work to pinpoint what the author needs to learn, and shares her acquired knowledge and expertise in order to help others achieve their writing goals.
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Catherine lives on a farm in Western Pennsylvania where she and her husband raised and trained Morgan Sport Horses. Catherine has not only garnered riding and driving horse show championships but is also a Reserve National Champion Competitive Trail Rider. She and her husband share their rambling farmhouse with three opinionated cats—inherited from their daughter when she went off to culinary school—and one Rough-Coat Jack Russell Terrier who thinks he's a cat.
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