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Basic Info| Name: | Kit |
|---|---|
| Birthdate: | 1974-08-14 |
| Location: | Newport Beach, California, United States |
BioI'm 34 going on going on 20, owned by a Tortiemese (looks like a Tortoiseshell, sounds like a Siamese, has the attitude of both) cat named Hobbes, and am the single mother of my 93-year-old Grandmommie. I recently got three 12¢ feeder goldfish named Vir, Lennier, and Morden; if they survive the first month or two, they can potentially live for 25 years.
I'm a writer, but I've taken a hiatus until the end of this semester, thanks to a perfect storm of craziness that is going on right now. (Though I am occasionally poking at various stories, when I feel like it.)
I have two manuscripts that are currently making the rounds of publishers.
The Coming Storm: When the death of her brother-in-law leaves her in possession of vital information, Arhian Weaver risks a perilous journey to the headquarters of the Rangers, far in the North. A simple craftswoman who has never been more than a few days' travel from her home, she must brave strange cities, harsh terrain, and the dangers of the open road in her quest to find the Rangers' hidden base. But the worst threat is an undying hunter whose mission is to see that her message does not get through -- no matter what the cost.
Unlocked: When her therapist gave her a strange ritual to let go of her unresolved grief over the death of her father, Samantha Cates thought the worst that could happen was that she would feel stupid. But the ritual was designed to open a door that her father had sealed with his life's blood -- a door between dimensions that should have remained locked. Now, her ordinary life is under attack by creatures from an alien dimension. With her eight-year-old daughter's life at stake, Sam has to choose whether to run -- or stand and fight.
I'm also an art major (you can see I'm not likely to have a financially secure future) focusing on ceramics.
Words that describe me include: female, white, bisexual, femme, polyamorous, fannish, united states american, neurotypical, cisgendered (though I'm still working the bugs out), ablebodied, caregiver, pain patient (I've been dealing with both migraines and TMJ for close to two decades and was recently diagnosed with trimeningel neuralgia), hearing, nondesignated theist, fat, triathlete, (mostly) vegetarian.
No Pity, No Shame, No Silence: I was molested as a child. (And no pathologizing, kthxbai.)
I have a twitter, but I haven't figured out how to use it yet.
I'm a writer, but I've taken a hiatus until the end of this semester, thanks to a perfect storm of craziness that is going on right now. (Though I am occasionally poking at various stories, when I feel like it.)
I have two manuscripts that are currently making the rounds of publishers.
The Coming Storm: When the death of her brother-in-law leaves her in possession of vital information, Arhian Weaver risks a perilous journey to the headquarters of the Rangers, far in the North. A simple craftswoman who has never been more than a few days' travel from her home, she must brave strange cities, harsh terrain, and the dangers of the open road in her quest to find the Rangers' hidden base. But the worst threat is an undying hunter whose mission is to see that her message does not get through -- no matter what the cost.
Unlocked: When her therapist gave her a strange ritual to let go of her unresolved grief over the death of her father, Samantha Cates thought the worst that could happen was that she would feel stupid. But the ritual was designed to open a door that her father had sealed with his life's blood -- a door between dimensions that should have remained locked. Now, her ordinary life is under attack by creatures from an alien dimension. With her eight-year-old daughter's life at stake, Sam has to choose whether to run -- or stand and fight.
I'm also an art major (you can see I'm not likely to have a financially secure future) focusing on ceramics.
Words that describe me include: female, white, bisexual, femme, polyamorous, fannish, united states american, neurotypical, cisgendered (though I'm still working the bugs out), ablebodied, caregiver, pain patient (I've been dealing with both migraines and TMJ for close to two decades and was recently diagnosed with trimeningel neuralgia), hearing, nondesignated theist, fat, triathlete, (mostly) vegetarian.
No Pity, No Shame, No Silence: I was molested as a child. (And no pathologizing, kthxbai.)
I have a twitter, but I haven't figured out how to use it yet.
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12¢ feeder goldfish, 80's music, activism, alphasmart, alternative lifestyles, alton brown, being femme, bisexuality, blackwork, books, boots, borders, butch/femme, butches, caregiving, cats, ceramics, chronic pain, conventions, corsets, costuming, creative writing, crocheting, cthulhu, custom sewing, deism, diy, dragons, dressing up, dressmaking, dungeons and dragons, earth mothers, eldercare, erotica, ethical sluthood, family caregivers, family caregiving, fandom, fantasy, fantasy writing, fashion design, fat acceptance, feminism, fiction writing, filk, finding an agent, firearms, firefly, forward motion, garb, gay fiction, gay marriage, getting published, ghastly's ghastly comic, glbt, glbt fiction, glbt issues, good eats, heather alexander, heinlein, holly lisle, horror, horror writing, jhereg, joss whedon, julia ecklar, knitting, labyrinth walking, larp, lawrence block, lesbian fiction, limyaael, lois mcmaster bujold, lord of the rings, lovecraft, m/m romance, making my own clothes, marriage equality, migraines, nanowrimo, national novel writing month, no on prop 8, novels, original slash, paganism, pain management, pattern altering, peaceful coexistence, period rapier, peter voulkos, pirates, playing dress-up, playing with yarn, plus-size, plus-size fashion, plus-size patterns, plus-size sewing, polyamory, porn with pirates, pottery, poxy boggards, pro-choice, queer, queer fiction, queer issues, reading, regencies, regency romances, renaissance faire, renfaire, robotech, roleplaying, s l viehl, sca, sci-fi, science fiction, science fiction writing, senior care, serenity, sewing, sewing for fat chicks, sf cons, shelties, shetland sheepdogs, shiny!, shoes, slash, small-l libertarianism, society for creative anachronism, space travel, speculative fiction, spoon theory, steven brust, the pants game, tmj, tolkien, tortiemese, torties, traditional regencies, traditional regency romances, trigeminal neuralgia, vampire hunters, vampires, vegetarianism, vicodin, voltaire, weaving, writing, writing fantasy, writing novels
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Schools:
Santa Monica High School - Santa Monica, CA (1988 - 1992)Santa Monica College - Santa Monica, CA (1990 - 1998)
ITT Technical Institute - Sylmar - Sylmar, CA (1995 - 1997)
Orange Coast College - Costa Mesa, CA (2005 - present)
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