Behind the Keyboard

For today, I thought I would do a bit of an about me! When I’m not writing or working my day job, I’m usually writing a tabletop campaign, reading (probably either fantasy or something historical), or spending time with my dog Ami. 

The campaign I’m currently wrapping up entangles a deeply depressed individual that is causing emotion magic storms across the continent. I’m hoping to start up a new one soon (Cryptid Creeks) that is inspired by Hilda, TJ Klune, and Gravity Falls – eldritch abominations, but you’re a teenager in a sleepy seaside town. My players might also happen to have some skills of their own. 

I tend to take the role of Game Master in whatever group I’m in, because at my core, I want to explore the settings and tales the most – what can I say, I’m a writer. I also can’t handle NOT knowing what’s going to happen next very well. When I do manage to find myself as a player, I tend to play wizards or lore keepers in some manner (shoutout to my necromancer Goliath, Isadora. She was a blast). 

I’m currently reading Omens of Chaos by Seanan McGuire. I’m not into Magic the Gathering or even Dungeons & Dragons very much anymore, but I love Seanan’s work and this has been a delight so far. Next up is probably FINALLY getting around to Legends & Lattes or picking up something historical. Let me know if you have any suggestions! 

Below is my lil goober, Ami (short for Aminata Mushrooms). She’s about 4-5 years old (I don’t really know exact age because she’s a rescue) and a lab-pitt mix.

She’s very reactionary to other dogs, so I can’t take her a ton of places, but she does love people and is very adoring to people she considers family. Despite everything and the work of having a reactionary dog, she keeps me mentally stable. 

I’m nonbinary/genderfluid, queer, and somewhere on the ace spectrum. I use they/them pronouns, but I’m still trying to decipher what exactly that means for me. For now, just know that I’m incredibly queer in a number of ways, I like to experiment with my gender presentation on a regular basis, and I lean more into deep friendships than wanting a “traditional” relationship, at least for now. 

I’m also neurodiverse. I have ADHD, probably some light Autism, and a smattering of mood disorders, which means I have to organize my way through understanding my brain so that I can function in society and the world as well as my writing. I have to have very complex and yet at the same time, easy to understand, systems in order to be able to navigate my life. I realize the dichotomy is more than slightly at odds with each other. It’s not the life I would have chosen for myself, but it does make for some interesting worlds.