A Little About Me
I’ve been writing nearly my entire life. As a young introvert, I’d hole myself up in my room and write stories inspired by the book series I loved such as The Baby-Sitters Club, Sweet Valley High, Sweet Valley Twins, and Satin Slippers. I adored using colorful pens to write in notebooks with fuzzy kittens or magical unicorns on the cover and pastel-colored paper inside; my closet was bursting with boxes filled with these stories. Decades later, I still write…because it’s what I do. My pronouns are she/her/hers.
Some Fun Facts
I was born in the late 1970s,
s
o I’m old enough to have vague memories of seeing President Reagan on TV. I also remember that my parents had an 8-track player in the car and rotary phones at home. It was a time when you’d buy concert tickets at the department store customer service desk and airplanes had a smoking section (ew).
Check out that 70s wallpaper + TV with knobs
Cat lady here!
My husband and I said goodbye to our two wonderful cats, Walter and Zoe, over the past couple years. But in late 2019 we adopted two lovely, super affectionate bonded orange tabbies, Cheddar and Linus. They’re our wonderful little fur babies! You can follow them on Instagram @cheddarandlinus. I’ve also volunteered with a couple cat rescue organizations.
Linus (L) + Cheddar (R)
Born and raised in the St. Louis suburbs,
I left home to attend college in Atlanta. At the age of 23 I moved from ATL to NYC and stayed there for 15 1/2 years. That’s a lifetime for an introvert who doesn’t like being surrounded by people.
I sometimes eat pizza or nachos for breakfast…
a fancy pizza is great and all, but I’m just as happy with DiGiorno (+ a side of ranch).
#adulting
Corollary to the above note:
if I eat a meal that excludes cheese, I crave it at my next meal.
The Goonies is my all-time favorite movie.
I saw it in the theater when I was
seven and loved it. I can watch it anytime, anywhere. I also own the DVD (of course).
Image Credit: Warner Bros
All horror movies entertain me,
even terrible ones. For the past several years I’ve done 31 Days of Horror, when I watch at least one horror movie a day in October and share my watch list on my blog.
I truly enjoy plucking my eyebrows.
In fact, I’ve never let anyone else pluck, wax, or thread them. I’m very proud of my brows.
In grad school for forensic psychology,
I wrote my master’s thesis on the lighthearted topic of classifying postmortem behaviors in serial homicide. #SSDGM
(Not actually me. <——)
Image credit: Orion Pictures
I currently live in Washington, DC.
My views are progressive. To list a few personal opinions…I am pro-abortion (donate to local abortion funds here). Black lives matter. Racism and white privilege are real, systemic problems in America. The time for meaningful gun restrictions is incredibly overdue, as the Second Amendment does not apply to our 21st century society. I believe we should listen to experts in the scientific community regarding pandemic guidance. I think that the US’s 45th president is an incredibly dangerous narcissist, and I fear for the future of our democracy. Please make sure you register to vote, and vote in all elections, not just once every four years.