About Candace

People often ask me how I started writing. To tell the
truth, one morning I got out of bed and announced to
my husband that I was going to write children's books.
He opened his eyes, looked at me and broke into a
gale of laughter. So I took that laughter as a kind of
dare and began to write picture books. I dove in and
learned all I could about the technique and tried my
hand. Some of my stories were really cute, but I soon learned that it
was a hard field to crack into. I took a correspondence course and my
instructor, a wonderful, supportive lady by the name of Jean Soule,
became my mentor and one of my dearest friends. The world lost a
wonderful, warm and most talented lady when she died.

As time progressed, my writing evolved and the audience I was
targeting grew older until I took a plunge into the adult world of
confessions.
Oh, I do have several novel length manuscripts completed and two are
already in print, but one of my biggest thrills came when the Chicken
Soup people contacted me and asked if I had a story to contribute to
their CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE KID'S SOUL ANTHOLOGY. I actually
didn't and banged out a story. It was accepted and I ended up having
two book signings, one at the Book Revue in Huntington, NY and Borders
in Stony Brook, NY on September 19, 1998. It was part of a nationwide
book signing event where every author in the book took part to raise
money for charity. It was a lot of fun and I met many people who
enjoyed my story, Daddy's Girl, at Long Last. I guess that was exactly
what it's all about. Touching people with your work. In fact, one young
girl was my penpal for a short time and another won first prize in a
writing contest in which they had to select their favorite story and
write why they liked it.

Leaving this behind I found my niche in the world of confessions and
was able to get over 200 stories published. When people began to ask
to read some of these stories, I realized since I didn't have a by-line,
they'd never know which were mine. That's when I decided it was time
to write for other markets and eventually added my alter ego Candy
Caine. I began to sell my work to other magazines and venture into
eBooks and other presses. And that's where I am today.