In 2000, I graduated from FSU, Magna Cum Laude, with a BA in Theatre.

Why I Write
I first began writing while at Cornell as a diversion and to reduce stress. Since then I've started several novels, but until recently I hadn't taken my writing seriously enough to actually finish one of them.

While at FSU, doing research for a performance art piece I was working on, I became interested in the contemporary romance genre. Although I'd been an avid reader for many years, I hadn't really read any contemporary romances. I usually read classical authors like Jane Austin, the Bronte sisters, Charles Dickens, etc; and contemporary authors like Anne Rice, Stephen King, V.C. Andrews, and Mary Higgins Clark. After reading some CR's, I began one of my own during my Senior year at FSU. After graduation, I completed Passsion Among Stars. Like most first novels, despite much effort and persistance, it was never published. However, the exercise wasn't a complete loss, because I learned, after much searching, writing is my ideal occupation.

So, I continue to write, pursue every avenue to publication, and regularly enter writing contests.

My Writing
Although my first completed novel was a contemporary romance, my writing is ecletic.

I regularly write short literary fiction for competition. Two of my short stories Sunrise Meditation and Power Play, were published in the Driftwood Anthology in October 2001.

I have many ideas for mainstream/commercial novels, which are simmering on the back burner.

I've also written political humor. A Memo From Baby Bush was published on the Democratic Underground. A couple of months later I began a weekly parody piece called From the Desk of George W. Bush

I also won eHarlequin's Writing Round Robin for my chapter five entry of A Touch of Scandal

I'm currently working on a new "Chick Lit" novel.