About Me

  • About Me: Writer of erotic & paranormal romance as well as fantasy and romantic suspense

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Kate Rusby, Kate Price, Loreena McKennitt, Ani Difranco, Dar Williams, Counting Crows, Emerald Rose, Tori Amos,
  • Favorite Albums: Little Earthquakes, August and Everything After,
  • Favorite Genre: Celtic Folk, Modern Folk, Alternative, 80s techno pop
  • Favorite Songs: Long December by Counting Crows Wonderwall - live version covered by Ryan Adams Goodnight Elisabeth by Counting Crows
  • Favorite Lyrics: ...so I'll walk the plank, I'll jump with a smile, if I'm gonna go down, I'm gonna do it with style, you won't see me surrender, you won't see me confess, you've left me with nothing but I've worked with less - Ani Difranco

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Chinese and Greek
  • Favorite Dishes: humus with garlic pita chips, berry pecan salad, whole grain and nut pancakes, mushrooms burgundy, chicken stroganoff
  • Favorite Desserts: baklava, cheesecake, chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate,
  • Favorite Drinks: Coke, iced tea, hot tea, amaretto sours and margaritas as big as my head
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Coke, taco bell, fritos, pizza
  • Best meal ever: That's kind of hard to narrow down, but I know it's nothing I've ever made.
  • My Original Recipes: yeah...right... like I cook.
  • Favorite Restaurants: Yen Ching, The Cherri Inn, pretty much anywhere that I don't have to cook - as long as it's not disgusting and there's no clown theme. That's a deal breaker.
  • Foods I hate: anchovies, caviar

Television

  • Favorite Shows: House, Medium, Bones, Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
  • Favorite Channels: The History Channel, Fox,
  • Favorite Reruns: Charmed, X-files
  • Most Addictive Show: Medium and Buffy
  • Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Conan
  • Favorite Episode: Once More with Feeling, The Gift, The Body and Band Candy - okay really any episode featuring the Mayor or Glory...and Spike
  • Characters you relate to: Angela on Bones, Willow on Buffy, Allison on Medium, Greg House on House,
  • Favorite Theme Song: Buffy
  • Show I Secretly Watch: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Myth Busters, Dirty Jobs
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Covington Cross

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Labyrinth, The Princess Bride, Willow, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Predjudice, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, LOTR, the original Star Wars trilogy, Muppet Tresure Island, Last of the Mohicans, Pirates of the Caribean, Practical Magic,
  • Favorite Actors: Kate Winslet, Keira Knightly, Johnny Depp, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Tim Curry, Sandra Bullock, Drew Barrymore
  • Favorite Genre: Fantasy, Romance/Romantic Comedy,
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Mists of Avalon, Last of the Mohicans, Pirates of the Caribean,
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: "Mudered by pirates is good." - Boy. "No! To the Pain." - Wesley. "Be honest. It's for posterity." - Count Rugen "Mawridge is what bwings us togever, today." "Wuve, twue wuve." The Impressive Clergyman "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." - Inigo Montoya The Princess Bride
  • Movies I can watch over and over: All of the above!
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: In a perfetct world, either Kate Winslet or Drew Barrymore

Books

  • Favorite Books: Mists of Avalon, The Wild Wood, The Hunter's Moon, Knight of a Trillion Stars, A Dance Through Time, The Handmaids's Tale, Good Omens, The Turning
  • Favorite Authors: Charles DeLint, Jennifer Armintrout, Neil Gaiman, Suzanne Brockmann, Dara Joy, Anya Bast,
  • Favorite Genres: Paranormal romance, erotic romance, fantasy, fairy tales
  • Favorite Characters: Morgaine from Mists, Carrie Ames & Cyrus from The Turning,
  • Recent Reads: The Others, Inventing Elliot, The Great Tree of Avalon, Captive Fantasy

Style

  • Where I shop: JoAnn Fabrics, Field's Fabrics, Lane Bryant
  • Brands I love: I don't care about brands.
  • I like to wear: Long hippie skirts, comfy shirts, clogs or sandals, ponchos, hand knitted sweater
  • Can't live without: My sewing machine, long hippie skirts and my handknitted poncho
  • Prized Possessions: Aran knit poncho that my mom made,
  • Guilty Pleasure: Jewelry - all kinds of jewelry. I adore rings, bracelets, necklaces and earrings, especially celtic designs or pieces I've made myself. I rarely ever have on less than 6 or 7 rings. Sad ...but true.

Travel

  • Places I love: NYC, Michigan's Upper Penninsula, Blackbird Pond
  • Places I've been: Dallas, Denver, Colorado Springs, NYC
  • Places to see before I die: Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland
  • Dream Vacation: Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland

More About Me

  • Nationality: Welsh, English with a little bit of German
  • Interests: In addition to writing, I love reading, sewing, cross stitiching, knitting, pottery Renaissance Festivals, tarot, faeries, celtic mythology, Arthurian legend, music.
  • Expertise: Writing, literature circles, kids, cats
  • Occupation: Writer
  • Industry: Publishing