Hey everyone! I'm a bit atypical here, given my age, but I've been writing for years, even though I never thought I'd actually share my stories. I started writing back in high school, and over the years I've continued to write whenever the inspiration strikes me. While all my stories were written thinking that I'd never post or share them, the courage everyone here has displayed in exhibiting their work has just about persuaded me to put one or two up and see how others like them.

Getting to the personal details, I'm a single mom with four (yes, four) daughters: ages are 17, 11, 9 and 5. I was married for ten years and with my ex-husband for several years before that, but I divorced him after some very bad things he did two years ago. Since my divorce I've only dated women; my girls are aware of this and have always been supportive of their Mommy. I've always tried to raise my girls to be understanding and accepting of love in all forms, and they make me proud with the love and caring in their hearts! I always tell my girls that I'll accept anyone they love, as long as that person is good to them and loves them in return. I've said for the last few years that I was out of the romance game, only amending that declaration to say that it would take the perfect woman for me to start dating again. As life would have it, that perfect woman walked into my life in September 2009, and now I've been blessed with a truly special, loving, beautiful woman who is a partner to me in every sense of the word. My girls love her, and she returns that love naturally, which tells me that this honestly is something that's meant to be.

Those of you who are gay or bi, my heart goes out to you, because I've been there and know what you have to deal with. Stay strong, hold your head up, and remember that your love is as special and beautiful as anyone else's. I still get stung sometimes by reactions I don't expect, but being comfortable with yourself helps tremendously. Don't let anyone tell you that you're "sick" or "unnatural." They're entitled to their opinion, but you're entitled not to have to hear it. Oftentimes those attacking us use God as one of their weapons, but they fail to realize that God made all of us -- gay, staight and bi alike -- and He loves us all the same.

As a warning, I do enjoy writing homosexual relationships in my stories. For some reason, I'm just more comfortable writing those viewpoints, plus the potential for drama and angst tends to run a bit higher. Also, we need more good writers telling these stories and showing the world that consensual love is a beautiful thing and should be celebrated in all its forms. For heaven's sake, there's enough anger and hate in the world; why should we waste our time tearing down couples in love just because they happen to be the same gender? If that offends you, I regret that, but I won't apologize for it. I will write some heterosexual pairings too, but I have to write what I'm inspired to write.

OK, enough spouting off, on with the hard facts...

Age: as if! Let's just say 27 with nine years experience =)

Birthdate: July 24th (Leo on the cusp of Cancer, if you're counting)

TV: Heroes, The Shield, Hannah Montana (the first two seasons), South of Nowhere, Rescue Me, The United States of Tara

Movies: Mulholland Drive, The Blues Brothers, Evil Dead 2, Underworld: Evolution, Wall-E, Bolt

Music: Paramore, Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus, My Chemical Romance, U2, Garbage, Lords of Acid

Favorite Pairing: Liley (Miley and Lilly from Hannah Montana) forever! However, Spashley (Spencer and Ashley from South of Nowhere) is terrific, too!

Favorite Fanfic Authors: LaughLoveLive, xTexasgalx, DataAndrd, Mr. Fishy, JewWitch, MaltaGozo... Oh heck, just check out my Favorites list!

Games/Fun: City of Heroes! Feel free to send me an in-game tell at @kurrent; I always enjoy talking or helping out.

Happy reading!

Jo