Who is KD?

Who is KD and why am I here?

Getting existential right off the bat, eh? Well, I’m going to guess you’re here because something caught your eye and you clicked a link. I hope that now you’re here, you’ll stick around and enjoy yourself.

As for who I am—I’m a writer. I write scifi, fantasy, and erotica so far. I’m a GLBT ally. I am against racism, disablism, sexism, and anything else that takes away the rights of people who have not violated the rights of others. That means I think people who steal or murder should be in jail, but gays should be able to be out and proud and welcome. I think every public place in the world, and as many private ones as possible, should be navigable by wheelchair, and I think bus drivers who do not let wheelchair-using patrons board should be tried on criminal charges. I’m a Christian who thinks many Christians get a lot of things wrong, which I find incomprehensible since Christ told us what to do in two simple commandments. The words of Paul and the Old Testament do not supersede the commandments of Christ!

*ahem*

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Autobiography

I grew up one of the luckiest kids on the planet, on a farm in the awesome hills of Western Pennsylvania. We had horses, cows, goats, chickens, pigs, dogs, cats, cousins, and a great big Amish-built barn complete with rope swings in the hay mow.

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Cats are Fun

And now, a word about our feline overlords.

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Why Escapist Literature?

Why escapist literature? Why not?

 

Es•cap•ism

–noun

the avoidance of reality by absorption of the mind in entertainment or in an imaginative situation, activity, etc.

 

I write what I like to read—fun books with great characters that take me away for a while, and bring me home stronger if only from having a good laugh. Who couldn't use a good escape? 

I don't believe a book has to make me miserable to be good for me. I don't think a spaceship—even one that travels faster than light and has false gravity—makes a book less worth reading. I don't think reading Big Fat Fantasy inhibits the ability to cope with the "real" world.

I do believe there are people out there like me. I believe it so hard that I write books for them. For you? I hope so.

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