: About Me

Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, I went to high school in Indiana, college in Mississippi (as the biology major formerly known as Becky McNally), and now consider myself a Texas transplant. In addition to occasional poetry and a few short stories, I am currently working on my first novel, which my husband describes as "chick lit." My highest hope is that it will turn out more "Oprah Book Club" rather than "Lifetime Movie." Please wish me good luck and sanity!

My passion is ...

anything involving story-telling.

I know too much about ...

the art of procrastination. If it were an Olympic event, then I would definitely win the gold.

My parents always told me ...

I should have worn my braces longer.

My childhood ambition ...

to cure the common cold or create a car that runs on trash.

Why I write ...

I love getting lost in a good story and would be humbled to be able to do that for someone else.

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

This changes all the time. I love reading anything from literary fiction like "The Poisonwood Bible" to young adult fiction like the "Twilight" saga (although it's a little embarrassing, like admitting you still watch American Idol); watching Battlestar Galactica (My husband's fault, but its so addictive. So say we all!) and Pushing Daisies (please tell your friends and family to watch so it won't get cancelled!); and listening to Radiohead and Coldplay.

My first job ...

working at a pool concession stand in Clifty Falls State Park in Madison, Indiana. Go Hoosiers!

My inspiration ...

Harper Lee, Kurt Vonnegut, J.K. Rowling

Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Should the electoral college be abolished?

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According to the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, over 700 proposals have been submitted to Congress to either eliminate or amend the Electoral College since our country's founding, by far the most proposals for any one topic in American history. Alexander Hamilton argued for the creation of the Electoral College in the Federalist Paper #68, which in part reads: "The process of election affords a moral certainty, that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications." In laymen's terms,...

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