I am not a writer stereotype. Just a writer.

I am not languishing in an attic waiting for my big break. I am in college working on my undergrad in Writing. What I'm going to do with it, is write. I am a writer, rest assure you. Just not a paid one yet.

I am not anti-social. I am very social in fact. I am a devoted wife first, a daughter or daughter-in-law second and a friend third.

I am not pretentious. I read tabloids and Cosmo, for God's sake.

I am not scholarly in the least. I like the classics. I respect classics. But I like a good romance novel or whodunit. So I write it.

I am relatively sane. I can be moody sometimes, but isn't everyone?

I don't brood. I bake. As in bread. Or if i do, I indulge quietly.

I don't drink or do drugs to get inspiration. It's a given.

I am very much a morning person.

I don't mind math. It just takes a while.

No ink on my fingers. Just carpal tunnel or maybe pencil dust on my hand.

No notebook aside from the to-do list pad in my purse. Lots of pens though. And lipstick.

Not a coffee junkie. I drink a cup in the morning and that's it.

Not a chain smoker. Not even a smoker.

Not a cynic. In life I am an optimist. On a Word document I'm somebody else.

Not very musical. I sing show tunes all the time, but i'm kinda off-key. I'm not allowed to sing in the shower anymore.

I don't have an odd personality. I have lots of anecdotes about history and people and things but i'm not bizarre.

I'm not "hardheaded".

I'm a terrible liar.

I promise you I give nothing but my best and I am striving to write something that you will enjoy. I like to write something I would read. Wouldn't anyone else?

A word on my pennames. I used to go under my real name but then I chose Ivory Ravens before settling with this one.