[citation needed] Archer holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from West Texas A&M University, and after graduating she worked in the fields of oil and gas, accounting, real estate management, and the pharmacy and medical equipment industries, before becoming a full-time writer.
[1] She is a speaker on the topics of creative writing and pursuing dreams, and has presented talks and workshops for educators, students, writers' organizations and bookstores.
She is also the co-author of Happiness Rehab: 8 Creative Steps to a More Joyful Life.
[3] Archer finished in the finals twice in Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart competition, was a 2006 finalist for the Rita Award with her mainstream women's fiction novel The Me I Used to Be,[4] and her novel Sandwiched was a 2006 nominee for a Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine Reviewer's Choice Award.
[5] The Texas Library Association selected her novel Through Her Eyes for the TAYSHAS high school reading list, and for the Spirit of Texas Reading Program - Middle School.