Who are you, Apple?

I'm a writer. I write literary fiction. I am in my mid-twenties and I live in the United States.

I started this blog because I just signed a contract to publish my first book, a genre fiction trade paperback, and I want to take people along for the ride.

I also need a place to vent, because I nearly had a full-blown breakdown last night, and nowhere to run but Husband or Cat. Poor Husband shouldn't bear all the burden, and Cat is beginning to look a little thin on top from the demented tear-streaked petting sessions.

I'll also be discussing stuff about the publishing industry, about the art of writing, about the skill of writing, and about trying to earn a living with my fiction.

Getting a contract has sort of opened the fixation floodgates for me; I'm totally consumed by the process and I'm happy as a pig in mud.