Joni M. Fisher, Writer & Pilot

Welcome Joni M. Fisher, writer and instrument-rated pilot.

Tell me about your relationship with flying and the aviation community.

Only 6% of pilots are women, so I consider myself blessed. My relationship with flying is tied to my relationship with my husband, Maury. He took up flying as a hobby and I took a ten-hour course to learn how to land the plane in case he became incapacitated. During those practice landings I fell in love with flying and continued my training to get my private pilot license. After getting stranded in Claxton, Georgia—the self-proclaimed fruitcake capital—I vowed to get my instrument rating, which I did. I share ownership of a Cessna 210.

Though I don’t live in a fly-in community, I often take caravan trips with other pilots to the Bahamas, Wisconsin, North Carolina, the Cayman Islands and once to see the Balloon Festival in Albuquerque.

Tell me about your writing.
My articles on aviation have appeared in AOPA Magazine, Pipers Magazine, WaterFlying Magazine, Flying Physicians, Marriage Partnership (part of Christianity Today) and others.

 

What kind of books do you like to read?

I like to read suspense, crime, literary and romantic fiction.

What's your favorite "flying" book?

My favorite flying book is probably Crichton’s Airframe, with Jonathan Livingston Seagull a close second. Jonathan Livingston Seagull was written at a nearby seaplane base.

What are you writing now?

I’m in the process of finding an agent for my first novel, a romantic suspense story. The working title is For Evil To Succeed. Rather than languish at the mailbox for the agent’s response, I’m working on the sequel which will involve many of the characters from the first story.

My website has samples of my writing, but the poor website needs updating.

Thanks, Joni,  for visiting Heads in the Clouds. 

Joni M.Fisher is a freelance writer, private pilot, wife and mother. She earned her first check for writing at age 16 when she won a national poetry contest. Later at Indiana University in Bloomington , Indiana , where she earned a B.A. in Journalism with a minor in Theatre History, she worked on the Indiana Daily Student newspaper. Her favorite assignment as a reporter was interviewing Marcel Marceau. She was awarded membership in Sigma Delta Chi, the Society of Professional Journalists.