A bit about me . . .
Hmmm...what to say. It's always difficult to describe oneself, isn't it? To make a life interesting is twice as problematic. At least it is for me. Here are a few of my stats, just for a quick FYI:
Well, I'm human (in case you were wondering). I was raised in Philadelphia, PA. I'm a writer, a mother, a wife, a sister, a daughter, and an herbalist. I have always gravitated toward strange people, places and things. I like being alone and in all kinds of darkness. I like alternative ways of living.
I began journalling at a young age, loving the act of writing words, but destroying the effort when I couldn't get those words to convey my inner monologue. I also loved to read. Dark and magikal tales were always my favorite. Sitting with my father on Saturday mornings watching old Hammer vampire films with leading man Peter Cushing (who was my first love) gave more fuel to that fire.
I was raised christian, but as a young girl I knew it wasn't the path for me; (and I wouldn't know what to do about those feelings until many years later.) In high school I enrolled in the Philadelphia Youth Theatre company at the Society Hill Playhouse, (now, sadly, as of March 2016, closed.) I loved the creativity of acting, but not so much other actors. They whined and were quite needy. I whined and was also needy, but I didn't think so at the time. I enjoyed the application of theatre makeup, and wanted to learn more, so after high school I went to school and became a cosmetologist. Around the age of nineteen I began to read more about the religion of Wicca and Witches and paganism.
When I was 24 I had my first baby. And by the time my second child came along I'd been studying beliefs in the duality of deity a long time. That spirituality felt right to me on many levels.
Creatively, however, I was adrift. But in my head there were people who had something to say. There were stories that wanted to be told. So in late 1998 I began work on my first book. I didn't have a degree in writing. I didn't have experience with the publishing world. But I did have passion, and a need for other people to experience the voices I'd heard in my head since I was a child.
To help myself I read novels on how to write a book and how to edit. I talked to anyone who knew the least little bit about writing, and I let that scant education, and my emotions, guide my actions.
Fast forward to 2015. It was a long, at times, arduous journey, but I don't suppose I'd change a part of it . . . well, yes I would totally! I would have published sooner had someone wanted to do it. But I've met some great people and heard some terrific advice. I have an amazing husband, two awesome kids, two old turtles and their child, and four novel length stories that I wrote with only the voices as my company.
Well, I'm human (in case you were wondering). I was raised in Philadelphia, PA. I'm a writer, a mother, a wife, a sister, a daughter, and an herbalist. I have always gravitated toward strange people, places and things. I like being alone and in all kinds of darkness. I like alternative ways of living.
I began journalling at a young age, loving the act of writing words, but destroying the effort when I couldn't get those words to convey my inner monologue. I also loved to read. Dark and magikal tales were always my favorite. Sitting with my father on Saturday mornings watching old Hammer vampire films with leading man Peter Cushing (who was my first love) gave more fuel to that fire.
I was raised christian, but as a young girl I knew it wasn't the path for me; (and I wouldn't know what to do about those feelings until many years later.) In high school I enrolled in the Philadelphia Youth Theatre company at the Society Hill Playhouse, (now, sadly, as of March 2016, closed.) I loved the creativity of acting, but not so much other actors. They whined and were quite needy. I whined and was also needy, but I didn't think so at the time. I enjoyed the application of theatre makeup, and wanted to learn more, so after high school I went to school and became a cosmetologist. Around the age of nineteen I began to read more about the religion of Wicca and Witches and paganism.
When I was 24 I had my first baby. And by the time my second child came along I'd been studying beliefs in the duality of deity a long time. That spirituality felt right to me on many levels.
Creatively, however, I was adrift. But in my head there were people who had something to say. There were stories that wanted to be told. So in late 1998 I began work on my first book. I didn't have a degree in writing. I didn't have experience with the publishing world. But I did have passion, and a need for other people to experience the voices I'd heard in my head since I was a child.
To help myself I read novels on how to write a book and how to edit. I talked to anyone who knew the least little bit about writing, and I let that scant education, and my emotions, guide my actions.
Fast forward to 2015. It was a long, at times, arduous journey, but I don't suppose I'd change a part of it . . . well, yes I would totally! I would have published sooner had someone wanted to do it. But I've met some great people and heard some terrific advice. I have an amazing husband, two awesome kids, two old turtles and their child, and four novel length stories that I wrote with only the voices as my company.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail-
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson