: About Me

I've been a linguist at least since I was 4 or 5. My mom and I lived next door to a family of Puerto Ricans. My mom had taught me how to ask for water in Spanish so I knocked on my neighbor's door and asked them for water in Spanish. So they brought me water! But when I got to 7th grade they told me that my 6th grade reading grades weren't good enough to take a foreign language. So I studied it on my own until high school when I was finally allowed to take Spanish. At that point, somewhat bored with it, I also started studying German. Which I studied in college, also.

I spent 6 years on active duty in the Navy and now I am in the reserves for over a year now. I am a real estate agent and part time taxi driver as well.

I have 3 kids. Two boys and one girl. They are 11, 9 and 6 years old. Wonder full kiddies. And a fiance who I am crazy about. A wonderful mom, cool dad, and a lovely sister.

I write fiction. I also like to write about my experiences writing. What could be better? Writing about writing. Seems like a no brainer!

Oh, and it really bothers me when I forget to hit the spell check before submitting an article. If you read something and it has a bunch of spelling errors, it's usually because my typing isn't as great as it could be.

My passion is ...

Writing, Languages, Bodybuilding

I know too much about ...

Cartoons

My parents always told me ...

Do what you do and be the best at it.

My childhood ambition ...

International Shipping mogul like in the Tale Spin cartoon

My favorite memory ...

My Grandmother

Why I write ...

I have crazy thoughts and ideas. When you write your craziness and call it fiction, people don't think you're crazy. Just creative. But, really...I'm crazy.

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

Watching Naruto, listening to Al B. Sure's "Off On Your Own."

My first job ...

Assistant dog groomer.

My best moment ...

The birth of each of my children

My inspiration ...

Cartoons and my children

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