No matter what I say in my first post, I’m afraid I’m just going to sound dorky. Not that that’s anything new, but this kind of writing is a whole different animal.

Although considering I’ve never been the kind of person who can keep a personal journal, I suppose it’s appropriate for me to be writing things with the intention that people will actually read them. I’ve never been good at keeping a diary or journal - I get bored with writing things that (technically) no one else is supposed to read. I guess I don’t really write “for myself” - I write what I want to write and what I’d like to read, but I always write with the idea that someone else is going to read my writing. Otherwise I don’t think I’d have tried to get published in the first place. After all, the road to getting published is all about wanting other people to read your work, right?

So - more about me. Hey, it’s all about me around here. All me. All the time. I’ve been writing forever (ask me about the electric horse someday) and started on the road to publication with Mills & Boon when I was an undergrad at UCLA. I amassed a nice collection of rejection letters and eventually published my first novel with Virgin Publishing. I wrote for them for several years and published a few short stories while getting the rest of my life’s ducks in a row.

After finishing my Ph.D. in Art History, getting married and having a son, I decided to pursue my writing career in earnest and branch out into more mainstream romance and women’s fiction. So that’s what I’m doing now - writing novels, seeking literary representation and learning more about the publishing industry. Life is always good.

So, welcome and come back soon! Have a cup of tea and we’ll talk.