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Hello. My name is Trisha and I’m a writer. I wish it wasn’t so. Truly. I wish I could redirect this passion for storytelling into something more sane and comfortable…like knitting plush Angora socks or organic mushroom farming. Unfortunately, writing has proven to be (at least for me) an incurable condition.

So I took classes (Institute of Children’s Literature, Writer’s Online Workshops), joined organizations (Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators, Atlanta Writer’s Club), participated in writing groups and spent more money than I care to admit on professional critiques, seminars and conferences. I am not a beginner on this path, but I’m not an expert either.

Currently, I live betwixt and between the Atlanta metro area and the North Georgia mountains, but I’m originally from Ohio…by way of the San Francisco Bay Area. (In other words, I drink pop, practice yoga and would like to thank all y’all for taking the time to read my bio.)

By day, it’s my job to make sure this country has thousands of opportunities to pause for refreshment. By night, I transform into a rather frightening hybrid of the next great American novelist and Cookie Monster. (Translation: I’m still an unpublished author and a bit of an emotional eater.)

When I’m not polishing my prose or polishing off a bag of Popchips, my interests include:

■70’s pop culture
■Unsolved mysteries
■Star Wars (original trilogy)
■Historic movie theaters
■Haunted history
■Reading (especially YA novels that don’t appear in the book section of Wal-Mart)
■Nutrition/Weight Watchers/Healthy vegetarian cuisine
■Hiking (exploring the National Forest trails with my guy)
■Yoga/Meditation (spiritual, not religious)
■Miscellaneous crafting projects (that rarely turn out as I envision)
■OSU Buckeye Football
■Writing letters I never intend to mail

My first novel, entitled Not So Long Ago, Not So Far Away, combines most of my interests into a cohesive coming of age story.

On good days, I like to think that my first novel is comparable to Looking for Alaska by John Green and The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. If those two books had an older, Star Wars-obsessed sister, I’d like to think she would be my first novel.

On bad days…well, I try to remind myself that Jeffrey Deaver once confessed that he would hang by his toes over the printing press making additional edits to his books if his publishing house would let him.

I’m hoping to connect with other writers and creative types, especially novelists who are now or who have recently experienced the cycle of writing, editing, re-writing, submitting and (gasp) leaving behind the comfortable, fulfilling world of a completed novel to dive into “the great perhaps” of the next novel.

Hello. My name is Trisha and I’m a writer. I wish it wasn’t so. Truly. I wish I could redirect this passion for storytelling into something more sane and comfortable…like knitting plush Angora socks or organic mushroom farming. Unfortunately, writing has proven to be (at least for me) an incurable condition. So I took classes (Institute of Children’s Literature, Writer’s Online Wo... More