Hey y'all! I'm Dani, a creativity and goal coach, editor, and author of spicy cyberpunk, sci-fi, superhero, and shifter romance, as well as slice-of-dystopian-life fiction.
I have 3 novels and 2 short stories published under my Cera Daniels penname Amazon which I am serializing and reworking in setting and tech levels to fit into my Luridity galaxy here on WorldAnvil, rebranded with A. Dani. (yes, I am a Dani!) :) If you'd like to Follow along on that revision journey, you can do so at
https://reamstories.com/inluridity
You can follow on Ream and get early access for FREE and get it even earlier (as well as scooping up extra bonuses!) by supporting at any of the paid subscription tiers. Woo! I am so grateful to have enablers who giggle at Luridity's terrible puns and who love the characters who occupy its worlds. :D
There's also a character creation workshop on Gumroad! *insert kermit-keyboard-flail* I've done NaNoWriMo since 2006 (as a Municipal Liaison for 7 years). I was a part-time freelance editor, a technical writer and Q&A manager for software for over 15 years...but due to health issues now I work from home helping writers get past overwhelm to get books written, teaching writing workshops, providing one-on-one coaching for creativity, managing project plans, editing, and formatting ebooks.
My favorite writing process is world-building, followed only by getting to know a new character's voice. Both involve me talking to myself, my husbando waking up with sticky notes on his forehead (hey, it was once! no need to keep me banned from writing in bed!), and my kidlet staring at me like my brain's exploded out of my head and bounced around the room. I just tell her creativity is messy. :D
I caffeine and give virtual hugs.
Premier League
Interests & Hobbies
Crochet/Amigurumi
Witchiness & Tarot
Splashing acrylic paint on canvas with my kidlet
All the Nature
Mythology
Favorite Movies
Xanadu
Titan AE
Princess Bride
The Fifth Element
Labyrinth
Speed Racer
Willow
Earth Girls are Easy
Anastasia
Johnny Mnemonic
Galaxy Quest
Add to this list heaps of B movies, Trek and Wars and Indy, and follow it all up with a heaping helping of kaiju, that should about cover things. :D
Favorite TV Series
Voltron
Thundercats
The Green Hornet
Firefly
Killjoys
The Expanse
The Last Ship
Umbrella Academy
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Speed Racer
Sailor Moon
Escaflowne
I am woefully underrepping my anime favorites and adding to that list constantly. :D
Favorite Books
Mandy by Julie Andrews Edwards
The Freedom series by Ann McCaffrey
Acorna by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth A. Scarborough (series)
Hidden Legacy series by Ilona Andrews
Dinotopia by James Gurney (series)
Animorphs by K.A. Applegate (series)
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynn Truss
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Grendel by John Gardner
Aside from fiction, I have a number of favorite witchy books...and a collection of themed thesauri that I actually do read just for funsies from time to time (as well as reference, of course lol!).
Favorite Writers
Tamora Pierce
Brian Jacques
Nalini Singh
Linnea Sinclair
Meljean Brook
Cherise Sinclair
Tara K. Harper
If an author is on this list, it is safe to assume I've read and devoured everything they've written and also have their books on my keeper shelves. :D
Favorite Games
Tabletop
Shadowrun
D&D
Rifts
Kids on Bikes!
Board/Card Games
Folklore
Mysterium
Phase 10
Pit
7th Continent
Video Games
Torchlight 2
Sims 3 (I'm playing 4 but it's subpar)
Stardew Valley
Littlewood
Dragon Age
Dungeon Siege
I have too many of all of these. Just. Too many. (And never enough, amirite?)