Brief Author Bio:

I live for escaping into worlds of the imagination, both realistic and fantastic. I love to share my tales and is very glad to have found a place to do just that. My ultimate writing goal is to learn to twist a plot until it screams in both agony and ecstasy.

I live in a land called the Copper Country, where mining copper was the only industry that once mattered. The mines are all abandoned now, but the communities still survive. In the winter, the +250" of snow offer plenty of time to twist plots, once the 4-foot banks the plow leaves in front of my house are shoveled, that is. In the all-too-brief summer, I try to write outside when it's warm enough, unless it's mosquito season, which is most of the summer. Which in that case, once it exceeds 70°F outside, I can open the windows in the house and pretend I'm outside. Where else can one live where there aren't any earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, mudslides, flooding, or other major natural disasters? I'll take the great piles lake-effect snow, thank you very much.

My profile image is a photo I took of the full moon in August 2008 outside my house. Auto-focus doesn't play nice in night shots but sometimes it does produce some interesting effects.

You're invited to follow my Rants & Ruminations on my blog at www.myspace.com/kelinaj.

You can find my writings at www.AuthorNation.com/kelina and www.FanStory.com/index.jsp?rec=155559

Good Luck this month!