I have been writing since I was a teenager. I am yet to be published but am aiming to find a publisher for a story I am currently writing.
I have many interests and these range from biology (I am a trained scientist), history (I have a real interest in the French Revolution, the British in India before the Raj, World War Two), art (I am huge fan of Pin-Up Girl artists, Frida Kahlo etc), movies (especially 1940's film noir and anything with Rita Hyaworth, Ingrid Bergman or Marilyn Monroe), alternative music, feminism and traveling. I'm also a burlesque student. My interests influence my writing and the topics and stories I choose to develop.
I mostly like to write stories with strong female characters that combine elements of adventure (life in other countries, periods in history, different cultures), romance (primarily lesbian romance, but I have written some bisexual and straight stories), a profession (be it a governess in Georgian or Regency times, a scientist, an equipment operator in the artillery corp in World War Two, a policewoman in New York City etc) and an exploration of a woman's own sexuality and role in the world.
I am currently writing a story (which I am to develop into a novel) that is set in India in the late 18th century and follows the lives of two European women making a way for themselves and falling in love in the hybrid society of Anglo-India in this period.
I have a blog, Red Passion Writings - www.redpassionwritings.wordpress.com.