My pen name is pronounced as "Sa" (as the "su" in "such") and "ti" (like saying "tie"). Just in case anyone was wondering how that was pronounced...

I am a native of Belvedere, SC (which is located pretty much just across the state line from Augusta, GA - the home of the Masters golf tournament, though I'm no real golf fan) and am a graduate of the University of South Carolina - Columbia (the "other" USC). I got a degree in anthropology (the study of man, where he came from, and where he's going - NOT dinosaurs, that's paleontology) and am interested in working in a museum eventually. I have been married for six years to a navy man (whom I had dated for six years prior - high school sweethearts) and am living back in South Carolina after three years in Connecticut and we'll be moving again to somewhere next summer. I'm 28 and am currently unemployed - though everyone says being a housewife is a job in and of itself. I am also currently expecting my first child! Yay! I'm due in late December 2009.

I almost exclusively write fantasy (and most of that's romance) that will range in rating from PG to R (or K+ to M, as the ratings are for written media). I plan to post several stories (I have quite a list to choose from) and may end up putting up some of my novellas - I've written three of them. I've had many story ideas come to me in the past few years but I have been unable to finish most of them (and, anyway, most of the ones I have managed to get a lot written on I cannot post here due to their sexual content). As that I've been writing stories since sixth grade, though - that's over fifteen years - I'm sure I can find plenty of stories that are acceptable to be posted here but most of the oldest of my stories need a lot of rewriting since they were very "young" stories.

I will soon start the revisions for "Black Nightmares". Currently I am trying to move ahead with my new story as much as possible, though.

"Dowry of Stories" is finally being posted! So far the writing is going fairly smoothly. It is currently rated T but may later be changed to M if the content warrants the change (and it might around chapter 11).

Original works in progress that will eventually be posted - but not necessarily in the order they are listed in below (expected rating and genre included after the title) -

Faerie Goddragon (K+ , Fantasy/Parody)

Karis (T, Fantasy/Romance)

The House and the Grove (M, Supernatural/Romance)

Lands of Jahndunia (T, Adventure/Romance) - with a possible sequel or two if the story is popular enough!

More coming soon...

I love twists, and there are plenty in my stories...so sit down, buckle up, and prepare for a few shocks along the way...

I do hope you enjoy all my stories. And feel free to send me an e-mail...I'll be glad to hear from you, even though I might never respond. @_@

Recommended reading (I don't do much reading, so the list is kinda short) -
The Island and The Ring by Laura C. Stevenson (hard-to-find, your library or some websites might have it)
The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King (this is NOT one of his horror stories, and the only one of his books I really like)
Song in the Silence, The Lesser Kindred, and Redeeming the Lost by Elizabeth Kerner (though the first one is the best)