About

Ooooh, this is where the magic happens. I get to divulge little truths about myself and my work. Who am I? What do I write? Why do I write those things? These questions seem simple but they’re actually quite complex and are sometimes better answered by people other than ourselves. Since none of my friends would write this for me, I’ll give it my best shot.

Who am I? I wish I knew. Every time I think I have a handle on it, I go and change. Or I seem to, to myself at least. Facts I can assure you are true: I am from Virginia. I come from a large family. I went to a small school in Farmville, Virginia. I now live in a very big city (New York). I read too much. I play on stage (improv) and sometimes force myself to act in one-person shows that I also write. I studied acting in college and improv in multiple clubs in North Carolina and New York. I am always studying writing. I used to play sports. I still work out. I like animals and volunteer at shelters. I’m iffy on humans but volunteer at several organizations for them as well. I don’t put sugar in my iced tea.

What do I write? Plays and Fiction. Whoo, that was easy. Oh, you want details. Fine. I guess that’s what this section is for. My plays tend to be dramas about dark subjects that contain more than a little humor. I’m not talking cheap humor either. I’ve never had a leading lady pass gas in the middle of a meet-cute, mostly because I’ve never written a meet-cute. I’m terrible at writing romance. I don’t even know how to flirt. When someone flirts with me, I just stare back at them in wide-eyed panic. Divulging that was so vulnerable of me. I’m very brave. But back to the main focus of this paragraph, which is going swimmingly. We’re all thinking it. “Libby is nailing this!” High-five! We’ve high-fived and now you’re a part of this. About Page as immersive theater – the innovation of it all!

My apologies. I keep getting distracted. My Plays: I typically write about subjects that scare me and that require quite a bit of research: atomic accidents, death cults, the movie industry. My plays tend toward the highly theatrical. “Libby, that term gets bandied about so often these days. What does highly theatrical mean to you?” I’m glad you asked. You’re very astute. When I use the term theatrical, I mean that reality does not dictate the story. Each play is a world onto itself with its own rules and conventions. Sometimes my plays are acted out by a pile of dead bodies or a cast of clowns. Maybe an ominous shadow threatens an entire civilization or perhaps there’s a character who never moves or talks throughout the entire play. Once there was a talking dog. The stage is on a plane of its own and I write plays that can exist only on that plane.

In the realm of fiction: I used to write Young Adult novels. I’m currently stepping into the world of adult fiction. Not that kind of adult fiction. I would never write smut (because I’m not good at it, not for any moral reasons). My newer works tend toward contemporary and literary fiction with speculative elements. I’m currently querying two novels and am working on a third (and a fourth, and a fifth, but that’s another story). I am a prolific author. I hope to one day be a prolific published author.

I wrote my about page! You read it. We high-fived. It was very nice. You’d like a second high-five? Are we flirting? No? I didn’t think so. But I can never really tell. Okay, let’s high-five. Ouch! That stung! I loved it.