BIO


Mindi crafted her first literary masterpiece in elementary school, a one-page thriller entitled Mind's Hallowen Story: Vary Scary. She debuted this groundbreaking short story at a much-anticipated launch party (dinner with her parents and brothers). Upon re-reading her work as an adult, she questions how much screen time she received alone as a child. Despite the disturbing content, Mind's Hallowen Story went on to earn a coveted place in family history; it was glued to a yellow piece of construction paper and placed in a scrapbook by Mindi's mother.
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Reeling from the success of her first work, Mindi switched gears at age fourteen to try her hand at writing romance. She quickly produced a short story she titled Dear Amanda. This harrowing love story follows fourteen-year-old Amanda, who has a crush on a boy in her class. That's it. That's the entire story. Sadly, Dear Amanda didn't receive the hype of her first work, not even a page of construction paper.
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Feeling rejected, Mindi took a hiatus from writing. She went on to college and had a family, though not in that order. She studied Criminal Justice, a career she chose based solely on the amount of time required to complete the program (a mistake, don't do that). After she received a Master of Science Degree in Criminal Justice Administration, she worked most of her adult life in that field, though she never quite developed a passion for it.
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As many mothers do, when her daughter left home, Mindi felt a bit lost. Remembering her crowning achievement from elementary school (seriously, look at that cover art), she picked up her laptop and started her first novel.
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The First Sun began as a suspense. But the more Mindi wrote, the more obvious it became that romance was her sweet spot. She is currently working on her second novel, a romance of course. With the assistance of the sleepless nights and early mornings of middle age, Mindi hopes to publish her second novel in early 2025.
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Publishing a novel when you're a nobody in the publishing industry is not easy. The process is full of rejection, second guessing, rewriting, and a hell of a lot of googling. But Mindi says there's nothing more invigorating than receiving a message from a reader that connected with a part of her work.