: About Me

I was born on March 21, 1975 in San Diego, California. I spent the first nine years of my life moving around, since my father was in the Navy. During those years, I lived in California, Japan, and Hawaii. When my father retired from the Navy in 1984, my family moved to Cheney, Washington. I lived in Cheney for nearly thirteen years. Not only did I graduate from high school and college in Cheney (earning a B.A. in Radio-Television from Eastern Washington University in 1996), I also met my future husband there. My husband and I now live in Enumclaw, Washington with our three children.

I began my first foray into writing at the age of eight, when I attempted to write a novel. In seventh grade, I entered the American Legion Auxiliary Essay Contest; not only did I come in first place for the local level (Cheney), I also placed first at the state level (Washington). As a teenager, I wrote poems, short stories, and studied animation scriptwriting. While I was in high school, I volunteered to write the "At Your Library" columns that appeared in the Cheney Free Press between January 1991 and August 1992. I learned to write for live-action television while in college, and even had a script produced for a summer college workshop class; in fact, I ended up portraying the lead character in my script, Fear of the Unknown. I also co-directed the other production during that summer college workshop.

During my college years, I also had involvement with two college radio stations: KOOP-AM (a carrier current station that broadcast to the dorms, where I was both a disc jockey and the promotions director) and KEWU-FM (Eastern Washington University's 10,000 watt jazz station, where I was a disc jockey). I also held several positions on the college's one-hour live television show, You're in Good Company (lighting, art segment producer, technical director, and director).

On the internet, I founded the TRULY OUTRAGEOUS! JEM Mailing List (an e-mail list devoted to the 1980's cartoon and doll Jem) in 1996, and I am also a former internet radio broadcaster. I have also served as the Lead News Editor for Digital Media FX. I currently serve as the Anime editor at BellaOnline.com; I write for Demand Studios' affiliate site, eHow.com; I maintain the AeschTunes: Talking about the artists, bands, and trends in the music business blog; and I have had work published at Helium, Associated Content, and Bright Hub. I have also published ebooks through BellaOnline.

My passion is ...

music

I know too much about ...

music

My parents always told me ...

to believe in myself

My childhood ambition ...

was to become a writer

My favorite memory ...

either my wedding day or the birth of my children

Why I write ...

because I enjoy it

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

a variety of things

My first job ...

was working as a DJ for KEWU, Eastern Washington University's 10,000 watt jazz station

My best moment ...

I have to pick just one?

My inspiration ...

everything

Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: Throwing Copper, by Live

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Live released their second album, Throwing Copper, on April 26, 1994, and it was produced by Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads. As of this writing, the album has sold over eight million copies in the United States. My first exposure to Live came through hearing the song “Operation Spirit (The Tyranny of Tradition),” which was a single from the band’s first album, on my local CHR/Top 40 station back in 1992. This same station also was a sponsor for that year’s MTV 120 Minutes Tour, and Live was one of the bands on the bill. Since the concert was taking place at the col...

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