Ten completely random facts about me that not everyone knows…

1. I’m a Taurus and bring a whole new meaning to the word STUBBORN
2. I live off Starbucks. Most of the year, I enjoy a white chocolate mocha, but this fall I’ve discovered the maple pecan latte (with whip!)
3. I tend to latch onto something and won’t let go, which is why there are days I write 8,000 or more words, and other days I end up doing research for twelve hours straight. Whatever I fixate on that day, that’s what I do…all day long. My family likes it best when I fixate on cleaning LOL
4. When I went to college, I hadn’t figured out yet what I wanted to do with my life. So I studied Criminal Justice, then Psychology, and eventually Engineering. And then didn’t do any of those things <grin>
5. I was a first degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do by the age of 12. My mom always made me compete so I had trophies from some of the competitions. We actually made a family thing out of it, so mom, her mother, and my grandmother’s two sisters also took Tae Kwon Do lessons, as did a few of my cousins. Only my mom made it to black belt with me.
6. I started learning to play my first instrument when I was three years old (the piano) — and yes, I hated taking lessons even though I loved to play — and later learned to play the flute, mountain dulcimer, harp, and hammered dulcimer. I’ve always wanted to play the guitar, but never had the opportunity to learn.
7. I sing and when American Idol first started, my husband begged and pleaded with me to go audition. I wouldn’t do it. I love singing, just not in front of people.
8. I grew up in a family of motorcycle enthusiasts. My mom refused to let my dad take me for a ride, but when I was just a toddler, he’d put me on the seat of his Harley Soft Tail and push me around the yard.
9. I’ve always adored equines. From the age of three until five or six years ago, I had always owned at least one horse. When I was a kid, I would ride in shows and had a ton of trophies and ribbons that mom kept even after I was an adult.
10. I’ve been known to write the occasional Young Adult romance with a very low heat level. Sometimes my brain just needs to switch gears for a little while. It’s actually a lot harder to write a book without explicit sex (for me anyway).

And a bonus 11th item… the first book I wrote as Harley Wylde was Grease Monkey.