I was born in Puerto Rico in 1964.  Puerto Rico is a Commonwelath of the United States set in the crisp blue Caribbean Sea.  It's a small island, about 50 miles wide and 100 miles long.  It's in the tropics, so while I had seen snow on TV, I never actually got to experience any until we moved to the continental US in my teen years.  (First time I experienced true cold for the first time, too.  Brrr!)

I spent time in Ohio, Texas, New Hampshire, then back to Texas again where I've been ever since.

I started writing in my teens just to get a couple of ideas out of my head where they wouldn't bother me anymore.  But I didn't really get into it full time until after I was married and met a wonderful group of people doing an Amateur Press Association on a Japanese cartoon called Gatchaman (Battle of the Planets in the US.)  Not only did the people in this APA talk about the show, they also wrote stories about the characters.  Once again I was bitten by an idea and attempted to put it to paper.  It was pretty abysmal, but thanks to the enthusiasm and encouragement of one of the members (Yes, Wendy, this is all you fault!) I kept at it.  Between the members's comments and Wendy's never ending patience, I  slowly honed the craft and learned things from it as well. (Weirdly enough there are some things about writing you don't notice or can't learn unless you are just doing it!) :-)