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“In an unnamed park in an unnamed city, love was abound in the afternoon sun as two women enjoyed a peaceful walk together,” I write, “Unaware of any curious eyes around them, they exchange passionate kisses. What a time to be alive, where two women can enjoy such moments without the fear of hell talks and sexist cat calls. I wonder if these women have always felt so free to express their adoration or if there was a time they would have been stifled to feel these unedited emotions.”

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A quirky conglomeration of queer talents.

That could probably best describe me. I'm 29 + 1 (okay, yea I'm 30...) and am raising a blended family. 1 Partner, 4 kids (with another one on the way), 2 cats and a dog. How I maintain my sanity is beyond me, but maintaining a child-like perspective on life helps out. My two older girls, 10 and 9 years of age, are big in to Pokemon and Yokai Watch so we enjoy gaming together. My boys, 4 and 3 years of age, are beautiful and smart...and really fucking annoying at times (everyone warns you about the “terrible twos”, but no one warns you about the “horrific threes” or the “asshole fours”). But really, I love my kids. No really, I do. They are the reason for my ambitions and perseverance in life. I love the hell out of them...they just drive me to the brink of mental breakdowns on the regular.

We watch pretty much every Disney and Pixar movie that comes out and my oldest has become quite the Harry Potter fan which has been extremely welcomed in our household. (She wasn't in to it at first since the main character is a boy and I told her she was disowned until she sat down and read the first book. She's been hooked ever since).

I don't refer to myself as a lesbian...I'm more comfortable with the term Gay. I'm what people would call a Stemme; I don't really consider myself a butch even though others have referred to me as such (and stud). I am pretty smack dab in the middle of the gender spectrum, so I tend to identify with Queer as my gender. Some days I am more comfortable in boy jeans and a loose shirt, other's I enjoy skinny jeans and a more feminine style of shirt. I never go all out femme though, I tend to always dress on the androgynous side of style. Sometimes I like gay sex but mostly I like to be the man. Gotta keep that street rep going, know what I mean?

I have many passions in life and know a little about a lot of things. I am currently working on (and dedicated to) my first novel - “Her: The Quinn Chronicles”. I used to write a lot of fan fiction and have always had a passion for writing, but as my teenage years drew to a close I found less passion in fan fiction and grew a passion to create my own story with my own characters and my own perspective. Being heavily passionate about the LGBTQ community and the social and political struggles of this community, I have finally found and settled on a niche that suits me...LGBT fiction. I've tried writing novels/stories in the past, but I was never able to fully connect with the story ideas and thus the writing quickly fizzled out. This time, though, I've had a 'plot bunny' haunting my dreams and I finally sat down to write. And write. And write. It has been a source of catharsis and escape from the stress of my everyday life and so I have dedicated myself to completing this novel and dream of mine.

Another passion and pursuit of mine is....Baby/Toddler fashion. I adore dressing my boys up and taking pictures of them and with a baby on the way (we don't know what the sex is yet) there will be ample opportunity for adorable baby fashion pictures. I have an instagram you can follow @welldressedkiddos.

My last major passion, which ties in to the above, is photography! I got my first good camera several years ago for my birthday and am now saving to upgrade to a Canon 60d. I enjoy taking pictures of everyday moments. I love candid photography...I'm not big on posed portraits.

Overall, I suppose that is an overall introduction to who I am and what I do. I rarely have a dull moment in life and instead revel in the chaos that is my life...though sometimes it is nice to throw on the Beats and pretend I'm alone for a while.

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