About me
I was born and raised in Germany and am currently living with my husband and two daughters near Hamburg, Germany. When I'm not writing, I work as an IT-professional. (My boss would probably insist it should be the other way around.)
For the first twenty five years of my life, I thought of myself as a rather uncreative person. If I would be living in nineteenth century England like my heroines, I should be woefully lacking accomplishments. I can neither draw nor sing, I don't play an instrument and am rather hopeless at almost any other creative pursuit.
It took me a long while to realize that not everyone has a million stories flitting around in their heads, keeping them company whenever they are bored. As an experiment, I started to write them down and tentatively showed them to a friend of mine.
She was in raptures. (Of course she had to be, what with her being my friend and all.)
Even more tentatively, I started publishing them online and was nearly overwhelmed by the response.
About half a million written words later, and dozens of people telling me I should try to publish "a real book", I convinced myself I should go for it, because then I can say that I have at least tried.
I am currently seeking an agent for my first historical romance novel while writing the second book in the series.
But even if things shouldn't go as I hope, I will always write in one form or another, because writing is one of the things which truly make me happy.
Why English?
A lot of people have asked me that question, including my family, and the easiest answer I can give is: my muse speaks English.
Ever since I came in contact with English at school (at the advanced age of fourteen), the English language fascinated me with its clear rules (everyone who has tried to learn German will know what I mean) its efficient structure and its soft, melodic sound.
German is the language of my everyday life.
English is the language in which I dream, in which I can be free to express myself. It's the language of my fantasies and my creativity.