I'm a massage therapist and fiction writer. I abandoned having my own apartment in Chicago in 2010, and I gave up even the remnants of a home base when I moved (sorta) to New York in March, 2017. I travel to DC and Chicago on a regular basis for work every month, and I spend the balance of my time roaming nyc.

My reviews from Airbnb routinely describe me as quiet, clean, and polite. I work mightily to leave a small footprint on the places I stay.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've been using Airbnb for housing in New York since March, and it's been great. I started looking for more nomadic people to hang out with, and part of that search lead to Couchsurfing.com.

Interests

• fiction writing
• masochism

Music, Movies, and Books

Spotify is my source for music. Lots of cellos, scant jazz (and nothing with a horn, thanks), and much "alt" shows up in the lists.

I get out to movies and live theater a few times each week. I like dark and serious over light and comedic.

My reading skews heavily to non-fiction these days, usually some bit of research for my own writing, and much of that is about some aspect of ancient history. When I read fiction, I have a preference for hard sci-fi and fantasy.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I don't think of myself, nor anything I've done, as amazing. The submarine I was attached to escaped port before a hurricane could destroy us, which stands out as something I'd not want to experience again, but was it "amazing"? I don't think that's a call I can make.

Teach, Learn, Share

Given the chance, I will natter on about the nuts and bolts of fiction writing. I can go into sentence diagramming at one end, and I can do literary analysis at the other. Experience has shown that only writers care much about it, and not all writers find it interesting.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A peculiar outlook on ... almost anything?