Cindy A. Matthews describes herself as "a novelist, columnist, essayist, manuscript evaluator, book reviewer, and freelance writer--but not necessarily in that order on any given day."

Cindy's first writer's guide is The Curse of the Manuscript-Eating Slushpile Monster. It will be an Uncial Press release. She's also written Straight Answers to Tough Writing Questions and a collection of her humorous parenting columns, Salsa Therapy... and Other Home Remedies.

Cindy's award-winning column, Every Day Is Mother's Day, was recently retitled, "Confessions of a Blonde Writer". Her articles and inspirational essays have appeared in over forty publications, including the first two volumes of the God Allows U-Turns series and Journeys of Friendship from Barbour Publishing. Her latest "blog" is titled Christians Crawling Out of Their Comfort Zones. Two of her funny parenting essays were published in Misadventures of Moms and Disasters of Dads.

Writing as Cynthianna, Cindy has published contemporary and fantasy romance novels.

Cindy's book and theatre review skills landed her an honorable mention in the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors contest for commentary/criticism. Some of her past lives have included stints working as a caseworker for the Texas Department of Human Services, a substance abuse counselor and a radio disc jockey. She obtained her degree in psychology from the University of Texas-Permian Basin. Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away she studied film.

Cindy is a past president of the Missouri Chapter of the Romance Writers of America and a long-time member of the Darkstormy Writers Group. She has belonged to many writing groups, including EPIC and the Romance Writers of America and has written numerous articles about crafting and submitting manuscripts.

In her spare time, Cindy sings with the Sweet Adelines International championship chorus, The River Blenders, and in the festival choir at church. She enjoys tutoring English-as-a-Second-Language students so eventually they'll be able to read her books.

Known for her outrageous sense of humor and her quick smile, Cindy is happiest when hiding behind her computer terminal typing her heart out and avoiding telephone sales pitches.

If you're curious about my why I chose e-publishing for my novels, learn more about the industry by clicking here and reading "An E-Publishing Primer".

Check out the excellent interview I did at the Gotta Write Network.

I've done some great interviews recently at Fallen Angels Reviews and at Romance at Heart. Click on the links and enjoy!

If you ever wanted to know what my very first memory was or what my first car looked like, go to First Person Quiz to read a very different sort of celebrity interview.

Shades of Romance ezine published an excellent interview of me in their seventh issue. You can check out their current issue at: Shades of Romance