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I have a journal from when I was eight years old that starts off with, "When I grow up, I want to be a writer." Though I've always considered myself a writer, I didn't really get serious about it until a few years ago. Part of that was figuring out how to live a writer's life, arrange my life to support my writing habit. The other part was finding the courage to live my dream. This is the biggest dream I've ever had, and if I start living it, well, what would happen if I failed? I finally realized that I wouldn't "fail." There's no such thing as failure. Failing just means more work. When it comes down to it, success is actually more frightening, because that means re-definition. I do technical writing as my day job. I work for a fantastic company, PeopleSoft. I'm a geek. I don't do application or marketing materials. I do the really technical stuff. It's fun. I'm married to a wonderful man, Mike Brotherton. He's also a writer. His day job is more of a night job. He's an astronomer. We recently moved to Laramie, Wyoming. We bought a house (I'm still somewhat in shock about that.) We live there with our cat Sita. As a writer, I get up (most) every morning at 6 AM to write. Frequently, I write at my local coffee shop, Coal Creek. In the evenings, I do research. Currently I'm writing my third novel. . . . I try to do Tai Chi practice every morning. Right now I'm trying to do between 5 to 10 minutes of standing meditation every day for 100 days. I do a modified Yang style of Tai Chi, as taught by Master Chen. I also hike, work out, read, drink single malt scotch, and in general, have a good time. I hope you've enjoyed my web page. Please feel free to come visit me at my Live Journal. You are visitor number
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