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BiographyCindy Skaggs started gambling because she needed a quick financial turnaround for an investment opportunity, and her father was right there to pony up the bankroll. She learned valuable lessons that night in betting, bluffing, and folding, until she’d turned a dollar in nickels into some serious money: twelve dollars for a middle school yearbook.
Cindy grew up on stories of mob bosses, horse thieves, cold-blooded killers, and the last honest man. Most of those stories were even true. With her love of storytelling and heroes, it’s no wonder she turned to books and stories after her father died. She skipped most of the eighth grade to bury herself in books while hidden in her closet, because she was still looking for the perfect story and the last honest man. Her search took her around the world with the Air Force as well as around the world with her education. She’s visited more countries than she can remember, nearly every state in the U.S., and has more degrees than the Tin Man. As a single mom, she’s still gambling, turning her lifelong love of storytelling into a career she loves. She writes 10,000 words a week in cafes and coffee shops, and some of those 10,000 words are even worth reading. She has an MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction), an MA in Creative Writing (Nonfiction) has multiple jobs, two kids, a Pushcart Nomination, and more pets than she can possibly handle. She also plays the flute, makes crazy-good sculptures out of tortilla dough, and can wrangle the neurotic dog without getting mauled. The Twitterverse is her happy place, and her blog the one place she’s not telling stories (fictional, anyway). This time around, she’s holding out for the last honest man.
Interview / podcast with Creative Magazine Radio Show.
Interviewed at C.A. Milson Interviewed at I’m Shelf-ish Interviewed at The Writer’s Life Interviewed at As the Page Turns | ||||||
