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A lot of authors knew they wanted to write books
from the time they were little. I’m not one of them. When I was
little, I wanted to be a daddy. When I learned the anatomical
improbability of that happening, I decided instead to become what my
dad was: an Industrial Engineer. So that’s what I did. I never
once changed majors or veered from my path. After I graduated, I
went to work for a big telecom company earning a steady paycheck
while my husband pursued his dream to become a published author.
For those of you who might not know, my husband is
Jim Butcher, fantasy and
sci-fi author extraordinaire. I learned to write in an effort to
help him improve his own work and as soon as I discovered that
writing was more a learned skill than a natural talent I knew I had
to give it a try. I couldn’t resist taking the pieces of a story
apart and putting them back together again, but then, that’s the
kind of puzzle that made me want to be an engineer to begin with –
to learn how things work and why.
I wrote great heaping piles of suckfulness –
like most new writers – but eventually my work sucked less and
hopefully that trend will continue as I learn more. Heaven knows I
have a great teacher. Thanks, Jim.
A family of geeks to the core, we live in
Independence, Missouri with our teenage son and a dog who is only
one four-foot stick away from being a dust mop.
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