EM has been a precalculus instructor for The Johns Hopkins University, a special effects technician in Hollywood, a rock climbing instructor in Atlanta, and a product manager at BellSouth, where she was responsible for the development of the Internet Yellow Pages from 1994-1997. (God bless you, Bill.)

Now EM is an author of both fantasy and science fiction, sharing her writing journey with her internationally diverse gang of Internet friends and family on her blog, Straight from the Barrel... the ink barrel, that is.