When I was six, I remember asking my father what the New York Times Bestseller display in the front of our local B.Dalton store was. When he told me, I remember nodding and saying, “That’s what I’m going to do one day.” I haven’t made it yet; too many interesting routes along the way and how can I write what I know if I don’t know anything?
Among those interesting detours have been my BA and MFA in creative writing. I’ve worked for a literary agent, as a freelance copy editor, and I’ve done some freelance writing. Keeping with the literary stuff, I’m a member of Sisters in Crime and Pennwriters. I fully expect that list to grow. I also hang at sites such as Romance Divas and the Absolute Write Water Cooler, although I lurk more than post.
Other things that have cropped up and caught my interest have been the wonderful sport of ice hockey, as a player and coach of all ages, from 5-year-olds to collegiate-level. I’ve thrown pots on a potters wheel. I love to trade books online and I was voted my book club’s Leader for Eternity. Oddly, trading books online has led me to buy more than ever.
My other passion is music, and to that end, I’ve worked in record stores, at college radio stations (three to be exact, although I was at one particular one for four years), in the front office of two different concert promoters and as stage crew. I interned for an ad agency that writes concert ads, and for awhile there, I was the head organizer of the MetalliBash, the unofficial Metallica fan convention. I am proud to say I played hostess to Lars Ulrich twice (2001 and 2002) and Kirk Hammett once (2001).
Now, I’m a blogger and an author. The success of the blog has led me to publish a collection of short fiction that you can check out via the Susan’s Books link. My passion for rock and roll literature continues to expose me to some wild fiction. And daily, I’m inspired by the people who hang out at my blog, who have shaped my world. Come join them.
Want to know more? Check out this page of interviews.
Or this page, of all the guest blog posts I’ve written.
And there’s also this page, which will take you to write-ups of newsworthy things I’ve been up to.
