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Alesia Matson

My Twitter profile (@zenstitcher) has the most succinct summation of words to describe me:

Author, freelance writer, needlework enthusiast, aspiring Buddha, RPGer, gardener, tech-geeky, herbalist, pirate.

Honestly, that will probably tell you all you wanted to know, but if you need or want more, I've been married to Michael Matson, who is also my co-author, for almost 20 years now. I have two grown sons by a previous marriage, and currently live with Michael + two dogs and a companionable feline supervisor.

I've never actually considered myself to be a Writer -- you know, one of those "I must write lest I die" kind of people. I just write because it's fun, and because I seem to have a knack for it. My favorite fiction genres are fantasy and modern urban fantasy, but I like kicking down into some gritty sci-fi and space opera stories, too.

I have written quite a bit of erotica over the years. As a rule, I tend to include sex in the stories I'm writing as part of what's driving the plot. I don't offer gratuitous sex scenes, nor do I always describe them in full-on, blushing glory when they appear. It seems to me that if a sex scene -- or a violent combat scene, for that matter -- is in a story, it should serve the story arc in some intrinsic way. If not, it's probably better classified as "pornography" and should be taken somewhere more private.

I live in Northern California, not terribly far from the Oregon border. I can see the Pacific Ocean from my house, but in all honestly it's the Trinity Alps that own my heart. I am most at home in the mountains -- my idea of a dream home is a roomy cabin at the end of a gravel road, only accessible by stout four-wheel drive vehicles. With high speed Internet access, of course. And good cell phone service!

One last word about that "pirate" part -- when I say I'm a pirate, it has NOTHING to do with stealing anything. I'm aware some self-styled pirates do steal, and I'm sorry they don't understand what they're doing to themselves and others every time they do. We've reinvented pirates in this century, to some extent. For me, being a pirate is about living life on my own terms, taking the lumps and the prizes as part of the lifestyle. It isn't easy, and it's rarely ever as glamorous as some movies have made it out to be, but it turns out to be the best way I've found to get through this life without being overpoweringly tempted to cut someone.

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Trinidad, CA, USA

member since February 27, 2012