{"id":686,"date":"2017-02-10T20:38:01","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T01:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/?p=686"},"modified":"2017-02-10T20:39:30","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T01:39:30","slug":"who-am-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/?p=686","title":{"rendered":"Who am I?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-683\" src=\"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/flippedsmall.jpg\" alt=\"Aimee Easterling\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/flippedsmall.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/flippedsmall-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/flippedsmall-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Ever since letting the cat out of the bag that Aimee Easterling is the fiction-writing pen name of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wetknee.com\">non-fiction author<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waldeneffect.org\">homesteader<\/a> Anna Hess, I&#8217;ve been pondering adding an actual photo to my bio. As a recovering camera-phobe, though, coming up with a shot that captured my fantastical side took some serious work.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-687 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_3024-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Aimee Easterling\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_3024-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_3024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_3024-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_3024.jpg 721w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Add in some props plus friends with costumery skills I sorely lack, though, and we were back in business. The final products harkened back to my days hanging out in a college SF\/F club and jaunting over to Renn Faires on the weekends. Just like reading fantasy, it&#8217;s fun to spend the afternoon pretending to be someone else!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-689 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2941.jpg\" alt=\"Aimee Easterling\" width=\"971\" height=\"971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2941.jpg 971w, https:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2941-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2941-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2941-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2941-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my updated bio to go along with the glamour shots:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Homesteader by day and werewolf&#8230;ahem, *teller of werewolf tales*&#8230;by night, Aimee Easterling is a USA Today Bestselling author writing on the boundary between urban fantasy and paranormal romance.<\/p>\n<p>She heats her house with hand-split firewood, writes on an ultra-geeky Linux box, and generally does her best to confuse all reasonable assumptions.<\/p>\n<p>Studying biology and spending a year backpacking around the world have both informed Aimee&#8217;s writing, but she&#8217;s quite willing to let reality slide in favor of a good story. You can learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aimeeeasterling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.aimeeeasterling.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since letting the cat out of the bag that Aimee Easterling is the fiction-writing pen name of non-fiction author and homesteader Anna Hess, I&#8217;ve been pondering adding an actual photo to my bio. As a recovering camera-phobe, though, coming up with a shot that captured my fantastical side took some serious work. 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