Welcome to my website! I am an extremely odd combination of writer, criminal appeals attorney, and student of Latin Ballroom dance and Ballet. Please make yourself at home and feel free to peruse the beginning of my first novel, SWALLOW, my photos -- mostly of my dance competitions,

showcases, and recent travels, and my weblog, Swan Lake Samba Girl (moniker a Latin teacher gave me because I could not for the life of me rotate my pelvis), where I muse about the worlds of ballroom and ballet, and journal my trials and tribulations of trying to learn to dance as an adult. Enjoy!