I used to be a newspaper reporter.
I found reporting to be by turns exciting (for example, covering a murder trial) and excruciatingly boring (for example, covering itty-bitty town council meetings). Most other stories managed to fall in between those extremes on a sliding scale of interesting.
Eventually, I moved away from full-time reporting and editing owing to extreme boredom of the routine. Stories were still interesting, but the rote mechanics of the job became anathema.
Nonetheless, I still write non-fiction…because I can’t seem to leave it alone.
When I’m not crazed with the need to freelance, I write fantasy and dark fantasy with the occasional science fiction piece. My short story, Lies, short-listed for the 2008 Aeon Award and my novella, Blood Soup, won the July 2008 Fantasy Gazetteers Novella Contest. Eternal Press will be publishing Blood Soup in print and Ebook format in late 2009.
In the meantime, I’m shopping my fantasy novel.
Here’s the bio I’ve been using lately on publications and appearances:
Kelly A. Harmon used to write truthful, honest stories about authors and thespians, senators and statesmen, movie stars and murderers. Now she writes lies, which is infinitely more satisfying, but lacks the convenience of doorstep delivery, especially on rainy days.
