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Hello! Nice to meet you!

I’m a Christian college student still trying to figure out what I want to do with my life. Right now I’m an English major but hoping to become a speech therapist eventually. But I love learning and am interested in so many different areas. Some other areas I was interested in at one time were archaeology, voice acting, turkey farming, choir conducting, being a Dante scholar, and the list continues.

I’ve always loved stories, especially fantasy and historical fiction novels, and I know that they will always have a major part in my life. It’s been a wish of mine since I was little to be a writer, but though I wrote in school, did a bit of fan fiction, and have been working on worldbuilding, I never got serious about writing. So when I heard about Story Embers in April I figured it would be a great opportunity to actually get myself writing.

Becoming an English major has exposed me to more types of writing. This spring I took a free verse poetry class, and while I don’t see myself becoming a great poet, I do really appreciate the power of the genre now and I want to continue writing poetry. Last fall I wrote my first piece of creative non-fiction for a class, and I found that I was really interested in that genre. I would love to explore it more also, in addition to my first loves of fantasy and historical fiction.

Anyways, more fun stuff about me: I was homeschooled and also went to the online schools Veritas Scholars Academy and Wilson Hill Academy. I have 3 siblings (my sister is adopted!). My dad is a medical missionary so I’ve lived in France and West Africa for a few years. I speak French. I like drinking tea. I’m an artist and musician (I play cello and piano and I love singing but only in choirs because I get so nervous!) I do English Country Dance (like the dances in Jane Austen books/movies). I like hiking and cross-country skiing. I love snow! My favorite animal is frogs because someone gave me a stuffed frog (Jeremy from Beatrix Potter) when I was only 4 days old. I’m of Dutch and German ancestry so I love eating Speculaas cookies.My favorite LOTR character is *sigh* Boromir. If I could have a super power I would so totally choose flight.

That’s it for now!