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My best memories from elementary school include dressing up as Betsy Ross for the Bicentennial (first grade for me), The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, (third grade here), and dissecting a frog (on to fourth grade).
Middle school brought "Punk Day" (only three people dressed up - including me), school dances,
and Gone With The Wind (I read it seven times and dressed up
as Scarlett O'Hara).
In high school, I led the Varsity cheerleading squad, took Astronomy (yes, we had a planetarium), and dissected a pig (what is it about dissection)?
I dreamed about digging up Pompeii, but I never did.
After graduating high school, I headed to Virginia Tech for a Computer Engineering degree. (I had fun, but did manage to study also.) And, just before graduating, I decided I wanted to be an archaeologist, so I spent another year getting a History degree. Then it dawned on me engineering may pay better, so I went on to get my Electrical Engineering Masters degree.
What do I do now? I live in Austin, TX with my husband, two kids, Yorkshire Terrier Cissy, and two sulcata tortoises, King Tort and Nefertorti.
I used to design chips (not the baked variety, and certainly not
ruffled), but now I write full time (along with spending lots of time with the family). Sure, I'm still tempted to head out to
one-hundred-degree heat to dig up bits of clay pottery; that urge will probably never go away.
Or maybe I'll go to Egypt. I've heard there are mummies basically popping out of the ground there.
Or India to see the Indus River valley.
Or South America, to look up the Incas.
I guess I better stop.
1) I collect Smurfs, Bicentennial quarters, Star Trek Christmas ornaments, and antique bricks. Got a brick for me? Let's talk.
2) Favorite consumables include Brie Cheese, Red Wine, and Strong Coffee.
And of course chocolate, but that goes without saying, doesn't it?
3) I can solve a Rubik's Cube in under 2 minutes. And I have a black belt in Kung Fu.
4) I plan to hike on the Great Wall of China someday. And of course drag the family on an archaeological dig.
5) Jobs I've had include Donut Seller, Car Assessor, Dorm Security Monitor, and of course, Chip Designer.
February 2010 Interview on Teens Read Too
November 2009 Interview on The Enchanted Inkpot
November 2009 Interview in The Houston Banner
November 2009 Interview on The Not So Closet Geeks
October 2009 Feature on Shrinking Violet Promotions
October 2009 Interview on Literary Rambles
October 2009 Interview on Writing it Out
October 2009 Interview on Writer Musings
April 2009 Interview/Review on The Innocent Flower
February 2009 Interview on Christy's Creative Space
February 2009 Interview with Barrie Summy (Kelly Couric)
January 2009 Interview with Keri Mikulski
December 2008 Teens Read Too Interview
December 2008 The First Book Interview
December 2008 Interview on Enchanting Reviews
November 2008 Interview on LiveMom
November 2008 Interview on Lori Calabrese Writes!
November 2008 Interview on The Class of 2k8 blog
October 2008 Five Minutes with Saundra Mitchell
October 2008 Interview with Jessica Burkhart
October 2008 Review and QnA with Book Chic
October 2008 Cynsations with Cynthia Leitich Smith
October 2008 Shop Talk with Laura Bowers
October 2008 Writing it Out
October 2008 Writer Musings
August 2008 Book Review Maniac
August 2008 Trainspotting Reads
October 2009 Cynsations on Sophomore Novels
October 2009 Interview with R. L. LaFevers at the Enchanted Inkpot
June 2009 Two Year Anniversary post at Book Chic
April 2009 Interview with Elizabeth C. Bunce at the Enchanted Inkpot
March 2009 Book Roast
December 2008 Cynsations 10th Anniversary Feature
November 2008 Setting Tour of The Emerald Tablet
November 2008 The Emerald Tablet Possible Endings
November 2008 Guest Blog on My Release Party
October 2008 Guest Blog on The Class of 2k8 - 2008 and 2018
October 2008 Writing Space Essay on Darcy Pattison's Revision Notes
