Iconic Fictional Inspirations:
Princess Leia, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Sarah Connor, Ellen Ripley, Sarah Harding, and Lt. Eve Dallas.
Early Life
I’m from Southeast Michigan and have spent the majority of my life close to Detroit, but my heart lives in the woods of Northern Michigan.
Early Inspiration
I’m an 80’s baby, a Xennial, so I grew up spoon-fed the magic of media. I fell in love with science fiction and fantasy films early on. You can see it written all over my work.
Authors that I wish I was half as cool as:
C.S. Lewis and L.M. Montgomery got me in my early years, which eventually shifted to Anne Rice and Michael Crichton, then Mary Shelley, Edgar Allen Poe, Joseph Conrad, J.R.R. Tolkien, and G.R.R.M. However, he and I will be fighting until he finishes A.S.O.I.A.F.
Personal Heroes:
J. Michael Straczynski, Quentin Tarantino, Anne Rice, and Michael Crichton.
Weird Questions, Weird Answers
What’s the deal with the podcasts and movie stuff?
For fifteen years, I wrote as a movie blogger for websites including “Motor City Reviews,” “Movie Mobsters,” and “Man, I Love Films” while also co-hosting the podcast “The Milfcast (aka The Man, I Love Films Podcast).” Now, I host the Word of (Hell)Mouth Podcast, a Buffy the Vampire Rewatch Podcast and A Pod of Wings and Filth, a podcast where my friend Morgan and I discuss fantasy novels. #nerdalert
Do you have family or live in a dungeon with goblins?
Goblins are cool, but dragons are better. My first and most important job is being a mother to my three dragons; two are fully grown, and another is just out of his hatchling stage. Raising these fiery, powerful beasts with me is my best friend and co-conspirator for everything trouble and fun, my partner and husband, Mike.
What is your preferred method of apocalypse?
Zombies. If it’s zombies, I’m ready. I’ve been planning for decades, honing my survival skills, staying in shape, becoming proficient with weapons, and working out made-up scenarios in my head, figuring out how I’d handle them. To be honest, a part of me kinda hopes for it.
Podcasting
Check out some of the shows I host and frequent, and some of the voice work I do.
Book Club
See what we’re reading each month.
Episodes air on the 20th of each month.
Read With Me!
While I’m writing stories, I’m reading just as much. See what I’m reading right now!
Adventures
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