about tina

Hi! I'm Tina. I'm a writer and face painter in Portland, OR, which is a beautiful city. My hometown is Lawrence, KS, which is another totally awesome place. I was born in St. Louis and I've also lived in northern California. I have a cat and a husband and a couple thousand books.

I've been publishing stories and poems since 2004. Face painting (professionally) since 2005. I worked for a while as a programmer, and for a long time I did theatre, though in the last few years I've been too busy with my writing and painting work.

In 2006 I spent six weeks in Seattle at the F/SF writing workshop Clarion West. I wrote five stories, ~~two~~ ~~three~~ four! of which I have since sold ("Moon at the Starry Diner" to Heliotrope, "Facts of Bone" to GUD Magazine, "Silverfin Harbor" to AEon, and "The God-Death of Halla" to Beneath Ceaseless Skies). I met a whole bunch of fantastic people and learned more than my brain could hold. It was awesome.