I'm a delightfully married wife and mom from small town Iowa with a hard-wired creative streak and way too many pets. When I'm not taking care of my family or wrangling the cats, I'm either quilting or writing (more likely, writing while thinking about quilting, or vice versa). I have three published novels under my belt, and two more bopping around New York.
Creating is almost as essential as breathing, and the need to express myself in fabric or words is both freeing and a burden. The 'freeing' part makes me a bit goofy at times and drives me to create more and more and more, while the burden part leads me down dark, gloomy paths, often into long bouts of depression. I do not write 'happy' fiction, but there are always glimpses of light in the dark. I also do not write to the market or for the money - but it's nice when it comes - and I never, EVER sell my quilts. I create only for myself, and for the people I care about.
I'm a philosopher of craft and theme, a structured organic composer, and I put textures, concepts, and colors together that might not seem to fit, but somehow always do. Some days every word is a struggle, others they flow like water. Sort of like life. ;)
I have a TON of sewing to get done this year, and I intend to write two novels, one for the Dubric series and one of something, anything else.
I've begun getting a good hold of my health, but I'm still struggling with too much stuff cluttering up my house and my mind.
Lastly, I'm working on not being so hard on myself all of the time, and not to put myself last on my endless lists of things to take care of.
Politically, I'm a centrist with Libertarian leanings, I believe in God but do not believe in religion, and I love to cook. I have a BA in graphic design with an emphasis in illustration, but I don't do graphic design anymore. All of my friends are quilters, writers, and other creative people, which is, frankly, pretty freaking cool. :)
