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Katje van Loon
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http://www.goodreads.com/katjevanloon
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| born |
August 14, 1986
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| gender |
female |
| place of birth |
Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| website |
http://katjevanloon.com/ |
| genre |
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Poetry
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| influences |
[a:Marion Zimmer Bradley|4841825|Marion Zimmer Bradley|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1305483488p2/4841825.jpg], [a:Ursula K. Le Guin|874602|Ursula K. Le Guin|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1244291425p2/874602.jpg], [a:Anne Bishop|26897|Anne Bishop|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1237258217p2/26897.jpg], [a:Jacqueline Carey|9237|Jacqueline Carey|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1205262579p2/9237.jpg], [a:J.K. Rowling|1077326|J.K. Rowling|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1310407611p2/1077326.j |
about this author
Why hello there, crunchy children.
I’m Katje (pronounced “kat-CHUH”). I’m 25 and an unproductive member of society. (Society of Shut-Ins, mainly. We make plans to meet and cancel at the last minute.)
I also write. As much as I can.
What do I write? Fantasy fiction, primarily. Also poetry and blog entries. I’ve published one book of poetry which you’ve never heard of and one novel, which I finished two years ago. I let it sit and collect dust before I could bear to rewrite it last fall, and now it's out for everyone to enjoy.
Random facts about me, in no particular order:
- I’m a surprise goth.
- I have single-handedly kept the economy alive through my purchases of nail polish and school supplies.
- I, um, still don’t fully understand Twitter. But I try! I really, really do.
- I have been blogging for over 7 years now, and have not gotten any wiser or more coherent in that time. Read at your own risk!
- All my favourite shows get cancelled, with few exceptions (Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek are specific, awesome exceptions). I am no longer allowed to like shows lest the producers sense the disturbance in the Yield* and cancel it.
- I cannot live without chocolate, coffee, the internet, and boys in dresses.
*Like the Force, but lazier.
Other stuff
I live in British Columbia, have no pets (yet!), rent, long-term committed relationship (so committed we’re certifiable — relationship built upon mutual snarking, ogre-like courtship, and ignoring each other steadily), citizen of three different countries, own too much stuff, use a Mac but am a PC-lover at heart, eat meat, identify as a genderqueer cissexual femme (which means I’m not female, but feel free to use female pronouns and call me a woman), European-Native ancestry, druid-in-training, Witch since I could speak, member of the religious left, low tolerance for bigotry.
*takes a breath*
Also, I’m 5’10.
Interests (aside from the obvious ones of writing and reading, duh)
Yarn crafts, reading, sex, gaming, camping, cooking, weddings, amateur photography (read: cam-whore shots with duck lips GALORE), painting my partner’s nails while he sleeps.
I mean, kittens.
Social Networking
As noted above, I'm a member of the Society of Shut-Ins -- but that doesn't mean I don't like having new friends!
If you are social-network-inclined, and wish to keep up to date on the Katje-nings (like happenings, but only about me), you can find me at Facebook, Google+, and Twitter (noted above).
If you add me on Google+ and want to be kept abreast of exclusive updates for fans, circle my page as well as my profile, linked in the prior paragraph.
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