about me

My name is Gina and it all started with Goosebumps...

No, really. My earliest memory of reading on my own was when I was reading R.L. Stein. Then came Nancy Drew, closely followed by Harry Potter, and then everything else just seemed to follow. I can't get enough of books. I wish I could read for a living, but since that's not really an option, I'll have to settle for writing... Lucky I love it so much!

I've been writing since before I can remember. I'm pretty sure I was born with a pen in my hand. I write a lot of poetry and random stories whenever they come to mind. A lot of the time, I have trouble finishing the projects I start, but I'm feeling really good about this particular idea.

Cursed started as a random idea involving vampires, but then I thought, "That is way too overdone." So, after many talks with my friends and sister, I decided on an entirely different idea. It may have been done before, but I feel like it could be a refreshing twist. I've never gone as far with a story before as I have with Cursed, and I'm really excited to see where this takes me. Every piece of writing is an adventure, and I feel like Eve is teaching me even as her character develops and morphs in my mind and on the page.

favourite books

Old Magic by Marianne Curley
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Grendel by John Gardner
The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
The Host by Stephanie Meyer
Blue is for Nightmares, White is for Magic, Silver is for Secrets, and Red is for Remembrance by Laurie Faria Stolarz
The Stranger by Albert Camus
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
The Mediator by Meg Cabot
Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruz
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Once Bitten, Twice Shy and the rest of the Jaz Parks novels by Jennifer Rardin
The Artemis Fowl series and The Wish List by Eoin Colfer
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Anything by Shakespeare

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