About Me

The first story I ever wrote was Sonic the Hedgehog fan-fiction at the tender age of eight.

As a tomboy, I spent hours watching boys play video games during play dates. To include myself in their world of buttons and power-ups, I'd ask incessant questions about the characters, worlds, and storyline. I got the bright idea to bring a notebook when their answers became so intricate with rules and plotholes.

This caught the attention of my future partner in crime, B.W., who tore his eyes from the TV and asked me why I had a notebook. When I told him my plans to document and fill in the missing pieces to the storylines, he asked me if he could illustrate them.

Of course I said yes.

The next day, I tore the perforated sides off our first scan-copied story and stapled the top corner. Then I knocked on all the doors in my neighborhood asking if I could sit down and read it to them.

It didn't take long before my neighbors started asking for sequel copies right off the press. We sold so well, we started charging snacks during our readings.

At this point, I was a renowned businesswoman on the playground. I'd walk laps with B.W., plotting Sonic's adventures for the next month's edition. But all the fun came to a screeching halt when B.W. moved three states away. I vowed never to write another Sonic word without him and I didn't.

I turned to poetry, as every teenage writer does. Don't worry, I was awful at it. Then I turned to essays and reviews, where I formed the opinions on social issues I stand behind today. But it wasn't until college when I took everyone's advice and wrote my first novel.

Now, seven novels later, I've decided to start peddling the block again and publish my debut novel, FIGURE 8. As a proud supporter of gender equality and the LGBTQ community, I am proud to share my work, even if I don't get cookies and milk with every read. I hope you enjoy them as much as me.

Happy Reading!
-Lil

**B.W., if you are out there, give me a call sometime. Let's pick up our Sonic fan-fiction franchise where we left off.