Jeannie Ruesch

It was a Saturday afternoon when Jeannie Ruesch gave up her illustrious, hours-long ambition of becoming a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader (after seeing the made for TV movie).  That day, she sat to write her very first story and when she was finished, she knew that pen ..or rather, pencil and collegiate-lined paper was the path for her.  She was six.  She finished her first two books in 7th grade—handwritten on 150 legal size pages and complete with hearts dotting the I’s, of course.

As an adult, however, she discovered the need to…well, pay for things.  In her words, she “paid a lot of money to go to school, get a degree and go beg for work.”  She began her career in marketing and design and continues to this day, with her graphic design and marketing business, Will Design for Chocolate.  She considers herself fortunate that her passion of writing and her other love go hand in hand so nicely.

Something About Her

In 2008, she sold her first completed novel (as an adult and written on a computer this time) to The Wild Rose Press– a historical romance that has been a labor of love from the start.  “It’s been through four or five revisions, including one complete scrap-it-and-start-over, and has been a wonderful tool for learning how to be a better writer.”

She is also the creator of the WIP Notebook, a writer’s tool to help stay organized while you write.

Now with a few more tools in her author’s tool belt, her first book soon to be published, and a drawer full of emergency chocolate, she has a lot more stories to tell.  She lives in Northern California with her husband (who is likely tired of having his brain picked on the ‘male perspective’), their son and her brother, who she thanks every day (since he cooks and she hates to.)

Where you will find Jeannie

Jeannie’s Website:
http://www.jeannieruesch.com

Blog:
http://www.happyendingsblog.com

Publisher:
http://www.thewildrosepress.com

Marketing & Design Website:
http://www.willdesignforchocolate.com

Myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/jeannieruesch

Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jeannie-Ruesch/1388144925?sid=0

Writers and Readers/Distinctive Fiction
http://romancewriterandreader.ning.com/profile/JeannieRuesch

And a host of Yahoo Groups and other websites.