In many ways, I'm almost a cliche of myself. I live in a city apartment with two cats. I write short stories and novellas. I teach English Composition at local colleges (as an adjunct). I have a master's in a (sort of) useless degree--no, not philosophy: American & New England Studies (my thesis is on popular culture and literature and can be found
here).
I'm a conservative libertarian (which may or may not break the cliche), a Mormon (which probably does), and a lover of popular culture from manga to sitcoms, mystery shows to romance paperbacks. As a writer, my short stories are mostly fantasy and science-fiction; my novellas are Victorian world fantasy, historical tributes, and contemporary mystery.
I adore stuff like string theory although I don't understand much of it, and am a skeptic about anything that gets too labelly. (See my philosophy below where I go on and on and on about
that.)
I can be reached at nitaheerk@gmail.com (it's an anagram).
Many of the pictures below were taken by Jen, my friend since kindergarten. Without Jen, I would probably have no photographic record of my adult life since I'm the kind of person who takes cameras to places and then overexposes the entire roll (or accidentally deletes all the pictures on a cell phone). Thanks, Jen!
This picture, however, was taken by my mom:
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| My Other Life |
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| Foggy Day in Maine |
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| Jen and Kate |
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| The Things People Don't Know About Our Family . . . |
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| My Seminary Students (I Confess, I Taught Them to Read the Scriptures & Fight) |
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Woodbury Ladies: Kate, Beth, Mom, Ann, Kezia
Kate, Mom, Ann, Kezia at Lobster Shack
Kate, Mom, Ann, Kezia, and Dad, the Patriarch
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| Teacher Kate Profile Pic |
