Hello Everyone! I answer to Kit and have been writing for longer than I care to admit, especially with never submitting anything for publication. Obviously by joining here, I hope to change that.
My preferred genre is paranormal adventure set in the southwest USA, and the majority of that located in the Mojave Desert of Southern California and Northern Arizona. I love the desert and currently live in Northern Arizona at the eastern edge of the Mojave, after spending 35 years at the western edge of the Mojave. Currently I'm residing on a mesa above Lake Mead and within sight of the Grand Canyon, not too far from Skywalk/Grand Canyon West on the Hualapai Res.
I have 20+ years' experience with horses and western riding (trail-riding) if that helps anyone. Favorite authors for SFF: classic stuff - Roger Zelazny and Frank Herbert, though lately I've been binge reading Ilona Andrews amongst a whole bunch of nonfiction about quantum physics, aliens, and paranormal activity (think Skinwalker Ranch). I got hooked on the SFF genre as a YA reading Andre Norton (anyone remember her?). I'm also a fan of Louis L'Amour, who had a fair amount of paranormal in a lot of his work. And not just Haunted Mesa.
I'm also an artist who works in oils and paints mostly traditional subject matter and landscapes (desert, what else?). Many moons ago I worked for a defense contractor in SoCal as a mechanical designer, and right now help my husband with a small business (machine shop). On top of all that, I'm a Reiki master-practitioner, because I didn't have enough woo in my life. (And life needs woo!)
I've done beta-reading for a couple different groups (mainly Yahoo groups) and am detail-oriented about plot points and logic-tracks, so if I can help out, I'm glad to be of service. (Just no extreme horror or torture scenes. *shudders* I already have enough monsters in my head.)
I found out about this site awhile back, literally years ago, but unfortunately I take too much after my muse (= shy little desert carnivore) to join until now. I've got a couple different WIPs going, which I'm editing and cleaning up stray details, that have been beta-read by friends. Eventually I'll need peeps who are more honest with critiques, though that's not now.
In writing style, I'm a "pantser" (is that term used anymore?) rather than a plotter. Outlines look wonderful until I start writing, at which point my plots diverge wildly and escape, leaving me to hang on for dear life. It might be somewhat obvious that I'm a weird mix of creative logical (or logical creative, depending on what planets are in retrograde), so I understand both sides of those inner arguments. And yes, it drives my artist friends to drink and my engineering friends to tearing their hair out.
Anyway, those are my high points. I'm looking forward to connecting with and learning from other, hopefully as crazy, creatives.
My preferred genre is paranormal adventure set in the southwest USA, and the majority of that located in the Mojave Desert of Southern California and Northern Arizona. I love the desert and currently live in Northern Arizona at the eastern edge of the Mojave, after spending 35 years at the western edge of the Mojave. Currently I'm residing on a mesa above Lake Mead and within sight of the Grand Canyon, not too far from Skywalk/Grand Canyon West on the Hualapai Res.
I have 20+ years' experience with horses and western riding (trail-riding) if that helps anyone. Favorite authors for SFF: classic stuff - Roger Zelazny and Frank Herbert, though lately I've been binge reading Ilona Andrews amongst a whole bunch of nonfiction about quantum physics, aliens, and paranormal activity (think Skinwalker Ranch). I got hooked on the SFF genre as a YA reading Andre Norton (anyone remember her?). I'm also a fan of Louis L'Amour, who had a fair amount of paranormal in a lot of his work. And not just Haunted Mesa.
I'm also an artist who works in oils and paints mostly traditional subject matter and landscapes (desert, what else?). Many moons ago I worked for a defense contractor in SoCal as a mechanical designer, and right now help my husband with a small business (machine shop). On top of all that, I'm a Reiki master-practitioner, because I didn't have enough woo in my life. (And life needs woo!)
I've done beta-reading for a couple different groups (mainly Yahoo groups) and am detail-oriented about plot points and logic-tracks, so if I can help out, I'm glad to be of service. (Just no extreme horror or torture scenes. *shudders* I already have enough monsters in my head.)
I found out about this site awhile back, literally years ago, but unfortunately I take too much after my muse (= shy little desert carnivore) to join until now. I've got a couple different WIPs going, which I'm editing and cleaning up stray details, that have been beta-read by friends. Eventually I'll need peeps who are more honest with critiques, though that's not now.
In writing style, I'm a "pantser" (is that term used anymore?) rather than a plotter. Outlines look wonderful until I start writing, at which point my plots diverge wildly and escape, leaving me to hang on for dear life. It might be somewhat obvious that I'm a weird mix of creative logical (or logical creative, depending on what planets are in retrograde), so I understand both sides of those inner arguments. And yes, it drives my artist friends to drink and my engineering friends to tearing their hair out.
Anyway, those are my high points. I'm looking forward to connecting with and learning from other, hopefully as crazy, creatives.
and enjoy.