I’ve been making up stories since my pretty little lips learned how to speak…

I’ve been writing since I learned cursive. It started with poetry in high school, and then I began embellishing those poems with background stories, interesting characters, etc.

Writing was never something I considered for a profession until recently.

I took a break from prose and moved on to visual art, finishing in college with Fine Art (a concentration in Drawing & Painting). My subjects were people in the form of 7-ft portraits. I sold several of those too.

That turned into baking. I launched a successful high-end cake business and was even featured on Food Network’s Holiday Wars (Mama, I made it).

Now, I’m just pursuing writing. Influenced by the likes of Brenda Jackson, Eric Jerome Dickey, and Christina C. Jones, so far, I’m having fun sitting on my ass, making up shit for other people to enjoy. We’ll see how this goes.

xo,

r.