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I combine my nerd-love of Victorian history with my passion for storytelling in my quirky Victorian romances. I dabble in contemporary fiction via my short stories.
I’m a writer, born and raised in Ohio, and proud of it. I wrote my first “novel” in fourth grade, and my second in sixth grade. That second novel became my high school senior thesis which I published as the first edition of Catching the Rose.
My formative years in junior high and high school were spent reading Jane Austen, Louisa May Alcott, the Bronte sisters, L.M. Montgomery, Ann Rinaldi, Amanda Quick, Mary Jo Putney, Candace Camp, and Elizabeth Gaskell. When not reading, I watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed, The Cosby Show, Sailor Moon, and as many Saturday morning cartoons as I could. Today, I’m obsessed with Doctor Who (Ten was my first Doctor), Psych, Pushing Daisies, and other quirky shows that make me think and laugh at the same time.
I confused everyone who knew me as the art-English-history student in high school by getting my undergrad degree in Computer Software Engineering with a minor in English. I also have a Masters of Science in Interaction Design. Along the way, I published Haunting Miss Trentwood and picked up swing dancing, which exploded into lindy hop, charleston, balboa, and blues.
It was in my masters program where I realized the power of the nerd. My nerd made me interesting and fun. My nerd gave me a passion and a voice to speak about it. My nerd gets excited with other nerds about their nerdy passions like dance technique, historical facts, the craft of fiction, food adventures, and more. My nerd wants to meet your nerd so we can nerd out together.
John Green says it best:
…Nerds like us are allowed to be unironically enthusiastic about stuff… Nerds are allowed to love stuff, like jump-up-and-down-in-the-chair-can’t-control-yourself love it. Hank, when people call people nerds, mostly what they’re saying is ‘you like stuff.’ Which is just not a good insult at all. Like, ‘you are too enthusiastic about the miracle of human consciousness’.
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