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About the Mermaids

Mermaids of the Lake was an inspiration shared by Debbie Nania, Shelley Hepler, and Jennifer Ferrero. In early 2007 the three friends met over coffee at Starbucks to consider ideas that would enable them to be creative together. Writing has been a passion for both Shelley and Jennifer, while Debbie has worked in the visual arts. As business partners, Shelley and Debbie have created together since 2001 as co-owners of The Beading Babes. Jennifer, owner-partner of Spokane Web Communications and freelance writer, attended a Beading Babes workshop. Her creative experience was so impactful; she contacted Debbie and Shelley and asked to interview them for a local newspaper article. Thus, the friendship was forged. Possessing a venue for publishing engaging, life impacting, and artful stories is what makes these Mermaids swim.

Publishers of Mermaids of the Lake

Debbie Nania

As an artist, this wife, mom, and Mermaid is excited to add another form of creative expression to her life. Working with two of her best friends, Shelley and Jennifer, helps her to honor her commitment to living a life abundant with love, friendship, family, joy, laughter, gratitude, and creativity. She views Mermaids of the Lake as a perfect venue to explore, live, and share with others these values that she holds dear.

Shelley Hepler

Committed to living a creative life, this Mermaid has a legacy of bringing an imaginative spirit to motherhood, innovation to her work, and a passion for adventure in her play. Connections, soul searching, dreams, challenges, our children, warmth, and inspiration; these are the ties that bind Mermaids Debbie and Jennifer to Shelley. For her, Mermaids of the Lake is a vehicle to honor the numerous women in her world, a means to consciously create, and an instrument to spread the joy of unlimited abundance.

Jennifer Ferrero

This Mermaid has been working in web-based publishing for ten years in a corporate environment. Normally focused on internal and external communications and how that translates to online commerce, Jennifer needed a creative outlet. With her friendship with Mermaids Debbie and Shelley, it seemed a natural fit. Her goals with Mermaids of the Lake are to write creatively, inspire other working moms, and to make enough money to travel to India to do yoga.