Because I’m also a teacher, I sometimes have to write on non-crafty type topics. I enjoy writing, so I’m okay with that, though I have to admit writing about how to make a pair of earrings is much more fun, easier, and profitable too. The academic type writing is not the way to get rich or even make enough to run through the Taco Bell drive-thru, but for whatever reason, it’s considered more appropriate for a teacher to publish.

My latest non-craft related publication is a chapter in Florida and the Popular Imagination. My chapter’s title is “Florida’s Space Coast: Where Captain Kirk Meets John Glenn and Dreams Meet Possibilities,” and as you can probably tell by the super long title, it’s about the area around Cocoa Beach and the space industry located there. My first “real” job out of college was working as a technical writer for Lockheed, my father is a retired NASA Aerospace Engineer, and I grew up on what is called the Space Coast. As a native “rocket chick” this topic was a pretty good fit for me. The book deals with popular culture as it relates to the state of Florida, so it should have a fairly wide range of appeal.