No Perfect Fate by Jackie Weger

Jackie Weger

      

I've been writing romance novels off and on for thirty years. I enjoy writing. Meeting my characters is like meeting and making new friends. I love meeting new people. I've traveled to many exotic locales from the wilds of Northern Ontario to the deepest jungles in Panama and made friends along the way. I was raised poor, married poor, had five kids—stayed poor. I made a little money writing romance novels and found that all of the things I'd hoped one day to own no longer appealed. I discovered what I enjoyed most was destination travel--going to new and strange places, meeting the natives, learning their customs, their foods, how they survive good times and bad. I lived part of one winter with trappers in the Louisiana Swamps, volunteered at a Sister's of Mercy Mission in Colon, Panama--and had one of the most interesting conversations in my life with an old man and his dog as we sat on a bench waiting for a train in the Village of Versailles. I don't dress fancy, don't drive fancy, or live fancy. When I look around my life, I find my most precious possession is my passport. It carries the memories of all the wonderful people I've met thither and yon. Right this minute, I'm sitting still to write in a tiny rural community in Texas--but golly, my passport is up to date--handy for when the travel bug nips at my heels once again. Who knows? I might end up in your neighborhood one day. I adore coffee, cats and gossip, so be ready to spill the beans.