A Very Good Place to Start

Okay, it's an "about me" post. Sue me. 

I come from a small (ten thousand people and shrinking) town in Southern Ontario, Canada. In fact, it's so far south, that Michigan (USA) is closer than the rest of the province! I grew up in a creative, albeit close-minded home that I may delve into more later. Needless to say, a small backwoods town and a small-minded family made things quite tricky.

(This is where I come out to you, Internet.)

I'm a lesbian, that is to say, I have known I'm attracted to women (and non-binary people) since I was 13 years old. Oh, and I'm non-binary too. Not a woman or a man, but somewhere happily enjoying the flow between genderless and woman. Please, if you ever refer to me, use they/them pronouns. Hell hath no fury like a transgender author scorned - and that includes me.

When I was nineteen years old, I left my hometown and wound up outside Toronto, attending a college program that is quite far-flung from where I am now. Special Effects Makeup. I used to dream of creating modern horror movie monsters, maybe one day even working on the set of Oscar-winning films. Let's just say that field wasn't cut out for me - and after two unfortunately flunked semesters - I moved onto pursuing a passion that has been with me since I was a little kid: creative writing.

Fast forward through three years of studying creative writing and publishing at a degree level, several nauseating ups and downs with my physical and mental health, and finally finding my motivation... to now.

Here I sit,

Screen alight,

After many a sleepless night; 

Once again,

Smiling bright,

Full of things that I must write.

Here's to our future together, Internet.

RLW