I've been grooming dogs for the past 7 years, but I've also been a database manager, office manager, secretary, and substitute teacher, even though I have not one, but two, degrees in computer programming. The fact is, as a starry-eyed freshman, I had wanted to study English, but one negative English Comp professor crushed what little confidence I had, which led to my selling my soul to science. I gave up any aspirations to be a writer, until recently when a character has taken up residency in my head, so I thought it would be a worthy mental challenge to write her story. I feel like I'm on the road to redemption.