: About Me

About me...I hate writing these things. Well, here I go. Currently I am at a job that I have been at for a little over 8 years. I got back into college and am pursuing a degree in Engish Literature; it's going to take awhile since I am working full time but the journey is what makes the end all the sweeter.
In my spare time I write, read-I love Hemingway and Dickens, also the Wheel of Time series and Patrick Rothfuss, ride my bycicle and run, anything outdoors really.

My passion is ...

Knowledge

I know too much about ...

NIN

My parents always told me ...

Stay in school

My childhood ambition ...

Archeologist

My favorite memory ...

Sailing the Carribean

Why I write ...

To learn

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

Rereading the Name of the Wind and rocking out to Mazzy Star

My first job ...

Hy-Vee

My best moment ...

Standing by my friends

My inspiration ...

Life

Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Urban fantasy

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Smells of clove and sage drifted up the stairwell, coming over the green and golden sign jutting out of the building and off into the sky, inviting passersby and collectors down into the den. Iron steps led down between brick and mortar walls covered in ivy and lichen to an open wrought iron gate, taller than a man, whose bars were twisted in a blacksmiths forge. A water fountain, the kind you can find in a cheap novelty store, poured water over plastic rocks and pennies from unrealized drea...

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