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Writing is like breathing. Ya just can't not do it.
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Well, you’ve gathered by now I’m a writer. I focus mostly on science fiction and fantasy, a bit of horror here and there. It wasn’t like I said “I’m gonna write fantasy.” The stories just come out that way.
I an a native Texan living now in the Dallas/Fort Worth area with my husband and four dogs, one of which at this moment is a foster, and cats very plural. I’m thinking about putting the aquarium back in the fireplace, but you know it needs cleaning, so there’s that. I like to travel, play board games with the fam, watch Dallas Stars hockey, do ceramics and tai chi. And lots of reading. At this very moment, I’m reading Adrian Tchaikovsky, Mike Wyant Jr. and Mike Jack Stoumbos. (Oh and add Kij Johnson and Piper CJ and so many more!
I’m a retired Quality Control technician, inspector, Manager now writer and I’ve done some editing, copywriting, and now part-time proofreading. I’ve written over 800 articles both online and print. I’ve designed websites, been a Virtual Assistant, even a secretary back in the day. I’ve worked at Jack in the Box, and cleaned houses as my 2nd or was it 3rd job? I taught statistical quality control, created and maintained ISO 9000 manufacturing departments from start to finish, a Fred Pryor Leadership graduate and instructor. I also present writing workshops both live and online, locally and even in Europe.
I’ve done a lot of “stuff” and most of it was / is fun, but not as much fun as writing. It’s like breathing. I just can’t NOT do it!
I love to go to writing conferences. You’ll see me at a few now and then. I try to attend our local FenCon each year and one bigger one if I can, ArmadilloCon in Austin and maybe World Fantasy, WorldCon, or somesuch.
In the meantime, I’m writing, and taxi driving the granddaughter who’ll be a senior next year! (OMG I’m not that old.)
I love to learn. I love mythology, history, even alien abduction. When I was about 12 and 13, I was addicted to reading Project Blue Book. I lived in Houston then and there were a lot of reported sightings and abductions. It was a juicy time to be into aliens.
I like to call myself a “mythologist” because my stories all have some sort of mythology in them. I like to take things from human history, our past, our religious past even, usually from the Christian Bible since that is what I’m most familiar with, although don’t ask me to quote anything because it’s been a heck of a long time since Bible School. I find the loose ends in the stories. Things that never really got explained. Like Gog and Magog. Like the Nephilim, although they have a wonderfully complex story. Like a lot of things that are just plain weird and fun and great fodder for writers like me :). (So if you are squeamish about your religion, don’t read my stuff.)
I take a lot of workshops to keep learning. Right now, I’m in the Apex Writers Workshop started by New York Times bestselling author David Farland. David is no longer with us in this reality, but the group lives on and thrives with his family and our whole group of writers. I’ve been a member since it’s inception and I’m very happy to be there.
I’m also a member of the North Texas Speculative Fiction Workshop (NTSFW on Discord). We are a local group now open to others because we’ve gone mostly online. We focus on speculative fiction writing. You can find us on Discord.
So that’s me. 🙂
If you look at what you have in life,
you’ll always have more.
If you look at what you don’t have in life,
you’ll never have enough.
-Oprah Winfrey
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