Deb Gardner Allard has been a Christ addict, book addict, humor addict, and romance junkie for many years. She cherishes sharing these passions with like-minded people at church, writing conferences, and even in stores when lines are too long. Talking with strangers is easy for her because she’s only had roots in two places during her life. When her husband moved her from the rolling farmlands of her home town in Maryland, she quickly settled down near a beachy resort town that harbors Lake Michigan. After more than twenty-five years in the Mitten State, she’s finally learned to adjust to the frigid snowstorms. But every spring, she looks forward to an exciting summer at the ocean-like lake, which is free of sharks and jellyfish.
Brian entered Deb’s life years ago, but she admits to paying a steep price for marrying him. He and their three kids have kept Deb laughing until her abdominal muscles scream for mercy. Begging them to stop never helps. Her family is also determined to stay together. They traveled the U.S. for twenty years until Brian retired from the Navy. Today, she credits her quick-witted adult children, their spouses, and her eight comical grandchildren, for keeping her up-to-date about young people in the 21st century.
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Deb was also in the Navy for a few years and while in boot camp, she won the American Spirit of Honor medal for “high example to comrades in arms.” She has earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology, an associate degree in registered nursing, and two certificates from the Institute of Children’s Literature. Her writing tool belt also holds several awards and anthology credits. She has even written a humorous children’s picture book.
Deb says the American Christian Fiction Writers and Word Weavers International motivated, encouraged, and taught her writing mechanics. Although she’s taken many writing courses, attended conferences, and read a plethora of books on the subject, Deb applauds many talented writers for inspiring her. She has a passion for freelance editing. It is just like unraveling sentence puzzles that provide an evening of challenging fun.
Because she enjoys romance, she also blogs about it on Everyday Romance with Deb: Putting God in relationships. Please visit her website.
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