10 Things You Probably Don't Know About Me
I’m very excited about my new YA fantasy, Chronicles: The Library of Illumination. It’s about two teenagers who face adventure and danger every day, as they come of age in an enchanted library where the books come to life.
Even though writers do whatever they can to connect with readers, most people don’t usually know any more about an author than what’s printed in the short bio in the back of a book—if that much. And considering my bio is very short, there’s a lot readers don’t know about me. So I’ve put together a list of the ten most interesting factoids about me and my world.
1. I used to teach people how to be television news reporters. I know, it’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it.
2. I’m qualified to teach aspiring reporters, because I used to be one myself, not to mention a television news anchor, and an assignment editor.
3. Even though I’m not much of a singer, I enjoy writing song parodies and have been known to perform them in public.
4. I own two parrots, Nigel and Colin, who are named after two characters in my first novel. They’re female parrots. I named them before their DNA was tested to determine their sex. I didn’t have the heart to rename them, since they responded so well to their names.
5. The first line of the first story I ever wrote was, “The sun rose in the east,” and it was written in a small notepad I carried around in the third grade.
6. Apple—not Android.
7. I once asked a cop in a subway station for directions, and didn’t realize (until someone pointed it out to me) that he was standing guard over a dead body.
8. I’ve been to more than 20 countries and 42 of the 50 United States.
9. I like thunderstorms.
10. I’m already hard at work on the Second Chronicles of Illumination—which encompasses the next five novelettes in the series. The ebook for The Overseer will be released this summer, and Myrddin’s Memoir is coming out in the fall.
And now you know all my secrets. Well, maybe not all of them, but some of the ones that may shed some light on Chronicles: The Library of Illumination .
Even though writers do whatever they can to connect with readers, most people don’t usually know any more about an author than what’s printed in the short bio in the back of a book—if that much. And considering my bio is very short, there’s a lot readers don’t know about me. So I’ve put together a list of the ten most interesting factoids about me and my world.1. I used to teach people how to be television news reporters. I know, it’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it.
2. I’m qualified to teach aspiring reporters, because I used to be one myself, not to mention a television news anchor, and an assignment editor.
3. Even though I’m not much of a singer, I enjoy writing song parodies and have been known to perform them in public.
4. I own two parrots, Nigel and Colin, who are named after two characters in my first novel. They’re female parrots. I named them before their DNA was tested to determine their sex. I didn’t have the heart to rename them, since they responded so well to their names.
5. The first line of the first story I ever wrote was, “The sun rose in the east,” and it was written in a small notepad I carried around in the third grade.
6. Apple—not Android.
7. I once asked a cop in a subway station for directions, and didn’t realize (until someone pointed it out to me) that he was standing guard over a dead body.
8. I’ve been to more than 20 countries and 42 of the 50 United States.
9. I like thunderstorms.
10. I’m already hard at work on the Second Chronicles of Illumination—which encompasses the next five novelettes in the series. The ebook for The Overseer will be released this summer, and Myrddin’s Memoir is coming out in the fall.
And now you know all my secrets. Well, maybe not all of them, but some of the ones that may shed some light on Chronicles: The Library of Illumination .
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