About SM Ford

SM Ford writes inspirational fiction for adults, although teens may find the stories of interest, too.

When she was 13 she got hooked on Mary Stewart's romantic suspense books, although she has been a reader as long as she can remember, and is an eclectic reader. Inspirational authors she enjoys include: Francine Rivers, Bodie Thoene, Dee Henderson, Jan Karon, and many more.

SM Ford is a Pacific Northwest gal, who has also lived in the midwest (Colorado and Kansas) and on the east coast (New Jersey). She and her husband have two daughters and two sons-in-law and three grandsons. She can't figure out how she got to be old enough for all that, however.

She loves assisting other writers on their journeys and is a writing teacher, speaker, mentor, and blogger about writing.

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Fun Facts

• SM Ford has traveled to Thailand, Haiti, England, Italy, Montenegro, and Greece.
• She's visited all but six states: North Dakota, Michigan, Vermont, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.
• She's happily married.
• She likes cats and dogs (as long as they aren't small yappy ones). She's petted cheetahs, a baby tiger, a baby lion, and fed a baby elephant. She wants to play with a red panda!
• Her favorite place to visit is the Pacific ocean! Although any tropical beach would probably do, too.
• Favorite chick flicks include: Pride and Prejudice, The Notebook, While You Were Sleeping, You've Got Mail, A Walk to Remember, Sleepless in Seattle, When in Rome, Titanic, Letters to Juliet, Sommersby, 13 Going on 30, Almost Heaven, Never Been Kissed, Runaway Bride, The Wedding Planner, The Truth About Being Earnest, Emma, Sabrina, The Time Traveler's Wife, Anna and the King...
  

Other Writing

Books

• Contributor to Guide to 2012, with "Website Creation and Design"
• Contributor to Magazine Markets for Children’s Writers 2011, with “Spin Science Facts into Gold!”
• Contributor to SCBWI Publications Guide to Writing & Illustrating for Children with “Going Back to School: Domestic School Visits” - 2005 Edition, 2006 Edition, 2007 Edition, 2008 Edition
• Contributor to Life’s Little Rule Book—a gift book, Starburst Publishers, 1999

Magazines

• Real Parenting Columnist for Pandora's Box Gazette
  
• "About Baby Gift Baskets" in Happy Living Magazine, 2009
• "Kids Fun Games and Ideas" in Happy Living Magazine, 2009

Kidlit

• She also writes for children. See her other website: www.susanuhlig.com.
• That site also includes writing advice.