Water And Fire (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781434843272)

Melinda McDonald has made a career of writing. After graduating with a degree in journalism and mass communications from Iowa State University in the late seventies, she was roving reporter and photographer for three small Iowa newspapers before starting a successful career in business communications. She managed publications and wrote for a variety of organizations including an insurance company, a community college and an association for funeral home directors while keeping her hand in journalism doing freelance writing. For 13 years, she managed marketing communications for a beverage equipment manufacturer in Springfield, Illinois. Since 2010, she has written independently for a number of projects. On the side, she has published five devotionals for the book Women at the Well, Volume II, Judson Press (2003). She is active in her church and was co-editor for a cookbook/devotional. Besides writing, her other consuming passion is Frank Lloyd Wright and she has served as volunteer tour guide at the Dana-Thomas House in Springfield, and is now editor of the Volunteer Voice, a monthly newsletter for volunteers at the house. Melinda lives in Rochester, Illinois with her husband, Ron. They have two grown daughters and two birds.