😀  Just kidding. But I thought, since this is the first post here, that I should maybe introduce myself.

So, my name is Kat. I’m female. I have two stepsons and one daughter. I have a pony, three cats, and a fish tank I’m debating starting up again. I live in the country, in the province of Prince Edward Island (so I’m Canadian).  I speak English pretty well, and French aussi bien que mal. (I’m okay with it.) This is probably going to be an irregular blog–life is pretty interesting right now, in that Chinese proverb kind of interesting.

I’m currently going back to school–or trying to–because an allergy that I’ve had for most of the past ten years has suddenly ramped up and is causing me more than a little anxiety.  Because I’ve always had an interest in computers and programming, I’ve taken the leap and signed up to do a degree in computer science, so you’ll be hearing a lot about that in the future.

I write anything that can be called speculative fiction. Fantasy, science fiction, urban fantasy, science fantasy–they’re all home for me. Right now, I’m picking away at a YA paranormal romance that I started at my daughter’s request. I’m also sketching out the plotline of a science fiction (maybe space opera?) story that I hope can be parlayed into a series. There’s a science fantasy idea that I’m wavering on, too. I have a pen name for anything I come up with that would fit the romance genre better, and it would probably do well there. And an urban fantasy dealing with mental illness, and what if it isn’t an illness at all?

Currently, I only have one thing out on submission–a short story written on spec for World Weaver Press’s Sirens anthology. The editor, Rhonda Parrish, is another Canadian (not that I think it gives me an edge or anything). I’ve been reading other things that she’s edited, including her other anthologies with World Weaver. It gives me hope, and then dashes it to the ground, as I go through the stories. I question what I was thinking when I wrote Mer Island Tours, but then I read my beta comments and think, “Yeah, maybe this has a chance.”  You just never know, until the email comes in.

What do I like to read? I was raised on classic Asimov and Zelazny and Moorcock and all those big names from the days before people realized that women write really good scifi and fantasy too. They’re still kind of my comfort reads, for when I don’t have brain power to deal with something new. I really liked Anne Leckie’s Ancillary series, though I found I had to be in the right mood for it. For a fascinating world, I like Delilah Dawson’s Criminy series. I like John Scalzi’s blog better than his books, but I read them too. Joe Abercrombie, Wes Chu, CJ Cherryh. I like the Rachel Bach Fortune books, but couldn’t finish her Eli Moonpress series under her other name. I don’t tend to have auto-buy authors, so each book and series gets judged on its own merits.

Other than that, I don’t know if there’s much of importance. Right now, I’m in my office in the spare bedroom, hoping the tomcat doesn’t wake up and decide he must sit in my lap. Hard to type when he’s there. I’m not ready for Christmas, as is usual, but hope to finish shopping on Saturday.

And, right now, I should go, because I have words to put in stories, and my stomach is growling. 🙂