About Me

Well, this is awkward. I'm uncomfortable calling attention to myself and especially talking about myself. I never know what to share. I am Canadian - proudly, but not in a loud, obnoxious way. I'm generally unobtrusive. I am somewhat older than I like to admit. I'm interested in pop culture. Actually, I'm interested in everything. I'm a knowledge seeker. I'm a house-cat. I love to read. I like to own books. And I like to observe the world - the good, the bad, and the ugly. I am a scaredy-cat - my anxious mind likes to find all the ways things can go wrong and assume they will do so for me and me alone. Despite that, I'm generally optimistic. With a healthy dose of pessimism on the side. I like to be sarcastic. I roll my eyes a lot. 

Very early in my school career, my class put on a "play" of Bambi. I was cast as Thumper. While it was very exciting for me - I got new shoes that I could "thump"! - I learned that being a performer was not really for me. My creative energies are much more potent through an anonymous pen. Despite that, I did try several more times to be "on-stage" talent (peer pressure at it's best, I assure you), before giving up and heading backstage, where I was much more useful and comfortable.

I am a writer. Or I'm pretending to be. I write because I enjoy writing, and while I'm trying to expand into having a writing practice, I'm wary of trying too hard and making it work. I don't want to be in a position where I don't enjoy writing anymore. 

I have been writing since before I can remember. I might not have been actually writing the stories at that time, but I've always spent my time playing with ideas and entertaining someone, even if it was mostly just myself. I was an only child. I had a lot of imagination. I still do.

I am in no way a reviewer, or critic, or even someone who's opinion should be taken as anything more than just that - an opinion. I'm just sharing my thoughts and hoping that maybe I'll find some way to share my writing in the same way. I have mental roadblocks that stop the process regularly, but I'm working on it. Fear of failure is a thing. And self-doubt. But I'm here, and I'll keep trying until I can't anymore.