From the day I was born, my culture-minded mom tried to provide me with intellectual enrichment.  Mozart.  PBS.  Organic granola.  The plan was to shelter me from the evils of refined sugar and mindless entertainment. 

She will be the first to admit that this plan may have backfired. 

I grew into an adult with a voracious appetite for glossy magazines and trashy TV (“90210”, we hardly knew ye!)  And I won’t even get into my current rates of sugar consumption.  But all my mom’s encouragement to read and write paid off; I was constantly scribbling down character names and story ideas when I should have been paying attention in math class.

Once I got to college, I kept hearing the same old things about “blah, blah, blah…get a job” and “blah, blah, blah…the real world”, and I got scared.  The real world was just around the corner, and I had better get my act together!

So I went to grad school in psychology, got my Ph.D., then got right back to scribbling down character names and story ideas.  I wrote MY FAVORITE MISTAKE while simultaneously completing my dissertation and trying to organize a cross-country move.  (This plan also backfired.)

Currently, I write full-time.  The best part is spending all day in glorified pajamas with my trusty sidekick, Murphy (a.k.a. Sir Murphs-a-Lot, a.k.a Scruffalicious.) 

And, God willing, I’ll never have to take another math class. 

Turn-ons:   key lime pie, the Chicago Cubs, ridiculously overpriced skin care products

Turn-offs:  deadlines, anything coffee-flavored, people who don’t wait until their row number is called when boarding an airplane

Guilty Pleasures:  Kraft macaroni & cheese, shopping online while I’m supposed to be writing (recommended sites: bluefly.com, strawberrynet.com)

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