Yet another good question. I've done many things in my life. I've
worked in a tax office, as a payroll accountant, thankfully briefly
but memorably as a taxidermist's assistant (that's another way of
saying, "I skinned dead birds"), as a tarot reader in one of the most
prestigious tearooms in New Orleans, and most recently I did a six
month stint in the wonderful world of technical support. When
attending college, I never could make up my mind as to what I really
wanted to do, so I have quite a few credits that could go towards a
degree in education, psychology, or liberal arts. I am currently
enrolled at Saint Leo
University via their online degree program and working on a
computer degree with a focus on business.
But main, right now, I write. I write shortstories, primarily, but I
have started work on my first novel. I am also co-authoring a book
with Robert Sloan, author of Raven
Dance and working with him on Launchpad, an anthology of shortstories
primarily designed to help new writers in sci-fi, fantasy, and horror
show us what they can do, though it will also feature stories by
already published authors. A selection of my articles as well as a
few shortstories can be found at www.writtenbyme.com.
I've also been known to dabble in various hobbies. I do a bit of
leatherwork, mostly making toys for my husband and myself and presents
for friends. I enjoy role-playing games of many types. My favorite
system is GURPS due to it's amazing
adaptability, though the new 3rd Edition D&D rules have been fun to
play with recently, and generated yet another hobby: miniatures painting. That's a wierd one,
trust me. I also draw and am currently experimenting with
anime/hentai styles. For some examples of this and my other artwork,
click here. However, be warned that what I
mostly draw are nudes. There'll be a nice warning screen you have to
click through just to cover my butt legally, sorry about that. Other
interests include painting, occultism, bdsm, dream analysis,
psychology, poetry, herbalism, computers, computer games, online comic strips, cats, and of course,
reading anything I can get my hands on.
I've been married for nine years and we have two children, Jaime, our six year old son, and Shali, our daughter who just turned four.
Needless to say, much of what I do is play with the children. Here's
a picture, aren't they cute?
