Brooke has always been a story teller. Bedtime stories for her children rarely came from a book. She would begin a story and have the children help in the stories creation. So, instead of reading a bedtime story, a bedtime story was custom made every night. Even simple emails to her friends and family usually end up having a story in it somewhere. She has been writing short stories and articles for years.
When she got the idea for So, Whatcha Think she called her sister Paige to see what she thought of the idea. Paige loved the idea and the book was born.
Brooke currently works full time as a technical document editor. She gets up early every day to get in some writing before she heads off to work. She writes anytime she gets the chance. She carries a spiral notebook with her so wait times for appointments don't go to waste. All of her stories begin in that sprial notebook. The story outline, or skeleton, as she calls it, is completed long hand before she sits down in front of the computer.
Brooke lives in the beautiful foothills of the Sierras with her husband.
Paige D. Ryter
As a child,
Paige would pretend all the time. Her imagination was something to be
reckoned with. She was filled with stories. For example, as a child
one of her chores was to do laundry. She felt it was terribly boring
work, so to make it interesting she turned that chore into a completely
different world. The clothes in the washing machine were alive and the
dirt on them was killing them. She would stand on a step stool so she
could see into the washer, and she would talk to the clothes. She was
their doctor and was about to save their lives. Many stories were born
through her imagination...the wonderfully active imagination of a little girl.
As an adult,
her imagination is still as active as it was when she was little. Her
children grew up listening to her stories and playing along in a wonderful
world filled with magical things only an imagination like hers could create.
She truly
hopes you enjoy the stories she and Brooke have created for you.
