Heather

Age: 20

Favorite word(s): Like, smile, laugh, alliteration, sweet, archaic, saga, segue, starlight...words in general. I love words, the act of speaking them, and the art of putting them down coherently on paper

Status: Homeschool Graduate

Who am I?

Well, they say forewarned is forearmed, so I’m forewarning you that this is a long profile so that you may be forearmed to do whatever you absolutely have to get done before you sit done to read this ridiculously long bio. How's that for a run-on sentence?!? However I promise to try to keep it shorter than my last profile (everyone groan and say ‘yeah right!’) :0)
Well, as you’ve noticed my name is Heather. I also go by various other monikers such as Skribblegurl, Thea, Teder, Pint-sized Goliath, Honeydew Melon, Sunshine, Word Nerd, and variations of the word “tiny”.
My family consists of my dad (the one who introduced my to great fantasy and who enjoys sports, astronomy, and target shooting) my mom (a crazy homeschool mother who makes the best gingersnaps and apple Danish ever!) me (who you’re learning about), my brother (the Man of a Thousand Nicknames who plans to be a lawyer, plays soccer, baseball, and track, and is a Mini Cooper fanatic) and my sister (summed up in one word: blonde. She’s a good sister, though, definitely keeps me entertained, and she’s very talented in music).
We live on a farm, in the house we just finished building, with a menagerie of animals. Try three cats, two goats, and six dogs. Probably with one more goat and some chickens along the way (gag).
At this stage in my life, I am:
Single, but in love with an amazing guy named Justin. We've courting since December 21st. Justin’s in his last semester of school (he’s becoming a meteorologist). He’s got a great sense of humor (necessary to be interested in me!), is very open, definitely loves the Lord, and is an incredibly easy person to talk to. And he loves to give me nicknames. :0) He likes storm-chasing and now has me addicted to it! I am so thankful for our relationship!
An unpublished writer, but a writer nonetheless. I’m still taking my writing course from the Christian Writer’s Guild. I’m also editing The Second Crown (this makes draft four on that story), writing a book titled Roliwyn, and making time to send out articles and short stories between everything else. I usually tote writing materials along with me everywhere! If you catch me out and about without pens and a notebook, send me home—I’m not feeling good! A little history on my writing; I’ve been making up stories since I was 8 and seriously writing since I was 12. The Second Crown (as some of you know) is a book I’ve been working on since I was 15, and I hope to get it published sometime soon (after a lot of rewriting and editing, let me tell you!) :0)
I’m no longer playing in the homeschool orchestra or singing in the choir, but I still go every Friday to hang out. My friend Mary (who’s on this site) and I have a mini “writer’s conference” every week. :0) I still want to own a Mustang convertible sometime in my life, learn to fence, and learn to play the djembe drum. My favorite activities besides reading, writing, and hanging out with people (my best friend says I’m “shy to no one”) are listening to music, playing Ultimate Frisbee, being goofy and sarcastic, watching ice hockey, watching my brother play goalie in soccer, coaching high jump, and doing almost anything silly and fun with my friends and family!
Pet peeves: most things sticky, unsticky sticky notes, scratchy pens, printers that jam, playing Risk, and people who borrow my books but don’t them back on the shelf properly.
Favorite books and authors: LOTR by JRR Tolkien; The Silver Chair, ‘Till We Have Faces, and Out of the Silent Planet by CS Lewis; Lonoma’s Map by FW Faller; The Circle Trilogy by Ted Dekker; The Restorer’s Son by Sharon Hinck; The Smart Chick series by Mindy Starns Clark; The Wilderking Trilogy by Jonathon Rogers; The Dragon Keeper series by Donita K Paul; Deception, Edge of Eternity by Randy Alcorn; The Lauren Holbrook series by Erynn Mangum; The O’Malley Series by Dee Henderson; Shepherd of the Hills by Harold Bell Wright….and the list could go on, but I’ll stop now. :0)
Movies: Hoodwinked, the Bourne trilogy, LOTR, Narnia:LWW, Bringing Up Baby, Thin Man series, Pixar’s animated shorts, The Incredibles,The Tale of Despereaux, Monster’s Inc, The Princess Bride, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Twelve Angry Men, and various old tv shows (Beverly Hillbillies, Hercule Poirot, Gilligan’s Island, Hogan’s Heroes, Andy Griffith).
Favorite music: LOTR soundtrack, Narnia:LWW soundtrack, CARS soundtrack (the only country I listen to unless it’s forced upon me by a friend) Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl soundtrack, Hoodwinked soundtrack, All Star United, Article One, Newsboys, Casting Crowns, Jeremy Camp, Sanctus Real, Tree63, Kutless, The Turning, some Skillet and Hawk Nelson, Caedmon’s Call, Michelle Tumes, Every Day Sunday, Fireflight, most Celtic stuff, Dvorak’s New World Symphony, Pachelbel’s Canon, The Nutcracker, Trans Siberian Orchestra, Christmas songs (all year round).
That’s me! Enjoy my writing, you’ll learn even more about my personality by reading whatever random stuff I happen to post on here! :0)
My family's blog: www.threespringsfarmhouse.blogspot.com

My blog: www.magical-ink.blogspot.com