| Female |
| September 14 |
| Seattle-ish |
| Neurotic, fickle, and afflicted with "scheme of the week" in terms of my life plan. I manage a specialty foods department and I just finished my MBA, but not sure what for... yet. Been a closet writer all my life but just now trying it out as a thing to do. |
| My goal is to write a fantasy novel. In the meantime, I write a lot of creative nonfiction. Some poetry. And blog. |
| Concise, sarcastic, easy to read and meant to transport you to the protagonist's point of view. |
| Cooking, politics, news, all things internet, fantasy, movies, theater, social justice, micolending, sustainability, humor |
| fiction (bestsellers), fantasy, memoirs, business, self-help |
| Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell, Hitchhiker's Guide, 1984, Narnia, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Help, Where the Wild Things Are, A Light in the Attic, How to Cook Everything, The Happiness Project, Eat Pray Love, The Secret Life of Bees |
| Elizabeth Gilbert, Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, John Bellairs, Agatha Christie, Shakespeare, Charlotte Bronte, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Roald Dahl, George Orwell, Beverly Cleary, Garth Stein, Jane Austen |
| Eliot, cummings, Dickinson, Plath, Hughes |
| "Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, "In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant." Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me" - Jimmy Stewart in Harvey |
| Chili Peppers, Jack Johnson, Nora Jones, Black Keys, Jack White, 90's pop, 80's pop |
| Forest Gump, The Princess Bride, Clueless, Erin Brokovich, Vertigo, Saved! |