About Me

I was born in Ottawa Ontario in 1969.

My dad was in the military so when I was two we moved to Trenton.

It was odd back then to stay in one place for a long time but we had a big family

and my dad was waiting to get a particular posting.

He finally got a posting out west and we moved to Comox BC.

By this time my two older brothers and my oldest sister were already out of the house.

1. Writing is not something I planned to do.
Writing is something I NEEDed to do.
If I don't say what I need to say,
no one will say it for me.

2. I love to garden - even just to pull weeds.
It gives me time to think, calms me and
rejuvenates me.
I love to read in the garden
when the apple blossoms and lilacs are in bloom.

3. I love thunder storms.
I love to sit in a dark room with the windows open
and just listen to the rain.

4. I like sushi, liver, and a few other things that make the rest
of my family move from the table while I eat. (Yes they do this
esp. with liver).

5. I disliked reading as a child and once only read the back book flap
so I could hand in a book report.
It wasn't until about grade nine that I found books I really loved
and those weren't the ones assigned by the teachers.

6. As a young-adult, one of my best friends killed himself
because he was gay and his parents would never accept that.
The character of Alex in In the Garage was based on that young man.

7. Sometimes I know things before they happen.
Once when I was about six my mother looked at me and said,
"I wonder when your father is getting home."
I told her "In six minutes."
He pulled into the driveway exactly six minutes later.
Another time I was in a store and I told the mother of a child to keep her near.
The mother didn't listen and her child was hit by a car in the parking lot and broke her arm.
I can't do this whenever I want to though - sometimes I just feel things. Sometimes it totally freaks me out.

This is my Dad. He passed away Dec. 10, 2007
This is one of my favorite pics of him because it's
one of him doing something he loved doing in a
place he loved doing it - fishing in BC.

8. Of all the character's I've written, personality wise, so far I'm most like BJ from
In the Garage.
I use humor a lot to hide my real feelings. I can also get really snarky.
These things run in my family so beware if you ever attend a function with all seven of us kids.
We must have drove our parents nuts.
Of course our sense of humor comes from them.

9. I went to the same high school as Pamela Anderson -
she was there at the same time
she's just older than me.

10. I dislike being around overly enthusiastic and bubbly people.
I think, in general, they're fake, and no one can be that happy all of the time.
Just be real.