Brief Bio: An avid reader, I stumbled across earlier versions of the writing groups at The SciFiVine by accident one day about three years ago and basically never left. I enjoy the challenge of writing with the other members of the group and the excitement of developing the stories and watching them grow.
When I was younger I used to create stories in my head, although they rarely got written down, and these usually starred a character called Kate. When I began to write in the groups I took the physical description of her and the main personality traits and, with a few minor alterations, she became Silverthorn who is my oldest and main character. Other characters were added to my list either as stories required or due to random ideas popping into my head.
I live in the UK where I recently completed a PhD in Archaeology specialising in Animal Palaeopathology. Previously I worked as an archaeologist for a county council, having managed to acquire a BSc in Combined Science (Archaeology, Geology and Italian) and an MA in Osteoarchaeology. My hobbies are essentially reading and writing although I have been known to have a go at fencing from time to time.
