My desk is a mess consisting of a laptop, tea mugs, receipts, kitty fur, and a bunch of other random crap I should probably throw away but don't.

When I was around 9 or 10 I sat down and began to type out my first novel. It was right after I finished "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone". The moment I put that book down I knew I wanted to write stories.

Yes! It was called 'The Interlocks' (I still don't really understand what that title was supposed to mean haha). It was going to be a novel or novella. I never finished it, but it spawned an entire universe and a host of characters that somehow still make it into my writing today.

I can live vicariously through my characters. I can be people I will never be, and do things I will never do, and see things I will never see.

I make tea, I open a song on repeat, and then I begin to type.

I always have projects I'm chipping away at. For smashwords, I've been planning more stories that take place in the 'Crazy Infection' universe. So for nanowrimo 2013 I'm finishing up another novella in that series. That means more attractive androids! More cursing (okay, probably a little bit less)! More space travel! And of course, more poetry!

But no more zombies.

Working, reading, petting the cat, and checking facebook and gmail. Mostly, though, I listen to songs on repeat while pacing and daydreaming. Sure, it's a weird pastime, but at least it gives me ideas.

I don't have any other choice haha! If I didn't get out of bed I would lose my job, then my apartment, then all my money, and most importantly, I would lose my cat.

I don't want to lose my cat.

I'm still a new writer. My biggest fan is probably my cat, at this point!

However, there have been a few people who have reviewed, liked my facebook page, or added me as a favorite author. That is both terrifying and awesome. It is scary to be so exposed to complete strangers, to offer them a story for their time and patience and hope they don't regret reading it. I am extremely grateful to those who have read my writing, it is very gratifying to know I am not just shouting into the darkness of the Internet.