Top Ten Things You Need To Know About Me
1. I'm passionate about a few things: Adoption. My family. Writing. Lemon bars. Stilettos. Speaking out against child abuse and rape. Johnny Depp. Avoiding goats.
2. I'm repped by the always-awesome Holly Root of Waxman Literary Agency. She might be a ninja. I might be one too.
3. Eye stuff grosses me out. No, really. Like "accidentally kicked my optometrist in the never-you-mind because he tried rolling my eyelid up with a stick" grossed out.
4. I feel the same way about green beans. If you eat them near me and I catch a whiff, you deserve the awesome hork fest you're about to see.
5. I once grabbed an electric fence while it was turned on. That doesn't actually have anything to do with why I am the way I am. The fact that I was once kicked in the head by a horse might. Jury's still out on that one.
6. I throw like a girl, but I punch like a man.
7. I have four beautiful kids, an amazing husband, two fairly spastic cats, a dog, a writing career, and a bunch of really cool friends I don't get to see nearly as much as I'd like to. I'm busy. I think that explains more than the horse kicking me in the head, but it doesn't sound nearly as interesting.
8. I made up a creature called the Were-llama, and I think one day everyone will be tired of reading about werewolves and the were-llama will have it's literary due. I mean, the term "literary" might be a tad overstating things, but you never know. If someone can write Pride, Prejudice, & Zombies, someone can write A Tale of Two Were-llamas.
9. Did I already mention Johnny Depp? I did? Okay, then. Moving on.
10. My kids often ask me to turn my music down. Also? When I get super excited in the movie theater about upcoming movies based on comic books? They call me a dork. I think secretly they're using dork as a euphemism for "Wow, what a cool mom. Too bad the other kids don't have a mom as cool as mine." If that isn't the case, I don't want to know it.
