ladyellie
Author bio:
Why did I decide going back to grad school was a good idea? Now I'll have no time to write! (Haha, kidding. There's always time to write.)
I'm a big nerd at heart. I love computers and technology, fantasy and sci-fi novels, Doctor Who, video games, and creating webpages from scratch. I'm working as an instructor for IT Training at Indiana University, an intern at ink'd, and I write stuff occasionally. (I tend to save all my intense writing for November!)
Attempted NaNo Novels:
2003: Tales of Emeraldius (got to 1000 words, I think)
2004: Tales of Emeraldius, take two (not a winner, that's for sure)
2005: Dragon Riders (5260, and a loser)
2006: The Fall of Fiore (925. Epic lose.)
2007: Tales of Emeraldius, take 3 (11,743 - but still not a winner!)
2008: The Story of Sailor Earth (I made it to 23,000 words! But still failed.)
2009: An Internet Love Song (31,629 words! Further than ever. But failure again.)
2010: Love, Lies, and Sand- WINNER (68,792 words when validated, and past 75k after editing! And I hit 50k on the 13th!)
2011: Taking Back Home - my second WINNER!
2012: Lost Among Worlds - Not a winner, but not the end of the world.
- Role:
- participant
- Age:
- 30
- Location:
- Bloomington, IN
- Hobbies:
- sewing, sleeping, reading, painting, drawing, art history, computers, punch embroidery, coffee
- Favorite noveling music:
- Goldfrapp, Mono, Portishead, Bitter:Sweet, The Seatbelts, Parov Stelar, Lily Allen, Caravan Palace, and my mutated Parov Stelar/Lily Allen Pandora station
- Website:
- http://www.thecraftynerd.com
- Occupation:
- IT Training instructor/SLIS grad student
- Favorite books or authors:
- The Sword of Truth series, the Song of Ice and Fire series, The Sookie Stackhouse/Southern Vampire novels, the Black Jewels series, anything written by Raymond Feist, pretty much anything with words, Stephen King, Clive Barker, Anne Bishop, Melanie Rawn, George R. R. Martin, Neil Gaiman, Raymond E. Feist
