She's a little like magic, and a lot like crazy
At an early age, I learned that reading, writing, and an unbridled imagination were the magic that made a beautiful garden out of the fertile ground in my mind. I started writing poetry (similar to the Vogons) when I was a young girl, and started writing short stories in my late teens. Topics were anything from current events to the abominations in human behavior (including my own) to the creation of a fantasy world with its own politics and social abnormalities.
By my mid to late 20’s, writing became like sustenance. It became essential to my faith and practices in Shamanism and Witchcraft. It was an outlet, no matter how clumsily done, from the dark labyrinth of my mind and flamboyant emotional make-up. It became both medicine and prayer. Growing up with what many refer to as an “untreated mental illness,” or what I call “psychosocial ineptitude,” allowed me to learn the coping mechanisms of humor and creativity to channel the turbulent emotions that come with living in a dysfunctional home and a questionably safe neighborhood.
It was my idea, therefore, to begin my “published” career with a nonfiction memoir. The idea for Plenty of Disharmony came to me after spending two years hunting hopefully for Prince Charming on the virtual dating scene. The first couple of strange encounters gave me good ammo for new characters in my short stories, but then I realized it could be so much more. I saw this as an opportunity to tell some of my personal story, one that I've held hidden for too long. I'm coming out of the colorfully hidden crazy closet and showing the world that it's not so bad to be a little warped in a world so intent on keeping straight lines with organized color schemes.
With the moral support of family and friends, I wrote Plenty of Disharmony to shed a little more light into the absurdity of human interaction, especially in the art of love. My personal project of online dating catastrophes turned into a self-defining journey that has allowed me to accept the person I am and to show others what it’s like to trudge through this part of life with an unusually loud and wicked mind. Using my naturally (and uncontrolled) boisterous personality and dark humor, I bring laughter and (hopefully) understanding to a discontented and spiritually divided world… my world, that is.
I live in the beautiful state of Colorado with my two furry children.
By my mid to late 20’s, writing became like sustenance. It became essential to my faith and practices in Shamanism and Witchcraft. It was an outlet, no matter how clumsily done, from the dark labyrinth of my mind and flamboyant emotional make-up. It became both medicine and prayer. Growing up with what many refer to as an “untreated mental illness,” or what I call “psychosocial ineptitude,” allowed me to learn the coping mechanisms of humor and creativity to channel the turbulent emotions that come with living in a dysfunctional home and a questionably safe neighborhood.
It was my idea, therefore, to begin my “published” career with a nonfiction memoir. The idea for Plenty of Disharmony came to me after spending two years hunting hopefully for Prince Charming on the virtual dating scene. The first couple of strange encounters gave me good ammo for new characters in my short stories, but then I realized it could be so much more. I saw this as an opportunity to tell some of my personal story, one that I've held hidden for too long. I'm coming out of the colorfully hidden crazy closet and showing the world that it's not so bad to be a little warped in a world so intent on keeping straight lines with organized color schemes.
With the moral support of family and friends, I wrote Plenty of Disharmony to shed a little more light into the absurdity of human interaction, especially in the art of love. My personal project of online dating catastrophes turned into a self-defining journey that has allowed me to accept the person I am and to show others what it’s like to trudge through this part of life with an unusually loud and wicked mind. Using my naturally (and uncontrolled) boisterous personality and dark humor, I bring laughter and (hopefully) understanding to a discontented and spiritually divided world… my world, that is.
I live in the beautiful state of Colorado with my two furry children.
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