About Kimberly
Aug 11th, 2008 by admin
I’m Kimberly Emerson, a native Californian and certified tall person. I’m generally quiet, but always have a ton of thoughts running through my head. If I ran as often as my mind does, I’d have six-pack abs and thighs of granite. My mind needs some place to run to, so I write. So far, I live in a contemporary imaginary playground. Someday when I have more time to research, I’ll pack my metaphysical bags and head off to previous centuries, but until that day comes, there’s plenty of material in this century to keep me going.
And now for the new business:
Pitch Wars! I’m wading into the fray, looking for a mentor for my book, Perfectly Acceptable Woman. I’m serious about getting this sucker published. These characters need to talk to someone besides me. They’re bored with my conversation.
I write women’s fiction, need plot twists in my life, and love smart, funny characters that are just west of normal. (It’s a California thing. We’re all about the West.) The thirty-something who can count every date she’s ever had on her fingers, without going to toes. The publicist seeking a relationship surrogate, because dating her own boyfriend would be bad for business. The ridiculously successful executive who screwed up his business and really misses his mom and dad. Characters that make you think, “Wow, I guess I’m not the only one with weirdness under the skin.”
Because you’re not. Everybody has weird roots. You just have to get to know them well enough to see under the leafy green exterior.
My goal as a writer and a person is to help people feel comfortable in their own skin. If anyone ever reads my stuff and thinks, “Hey, maybe it’s okay to be different,” then I will count myself a success. There is one normal person in the universe, and face it, that makes her kind of weird. Let’s make her feel at home.
If you, dear mentor, can help me do that better? I will be forever grateful, and will write sonnets in your honor.
Hey There! I love your blog! Really good stuff here! Great photo too. I read the first two paragraphs of your book and will come back to read more when I’ve got more time! (two months to graduation – yay!)
Big Hugs, Jewleee
Well, I FINALLY checked out your blog…naturally I have to get dinner going so just bounced around. Can’t wait to come back and read more. When all is quiet. Which is usually, oh, 1:00 -2:00 a.m.
Love,
T
Wow Kim, you are a beautiful writer!
I love what you said about your characters needing to talk to someone other than you. That is so true.
Good luck in Pitch Wars!
Thanks, Suzi! They’re a noisy bunch. Another audience member is a must.
I would love to have your characters talk to me! They sound so relatable. Was I seeing stars or were there actual snowfall-like things crossing the screen at a diagonal? As a fellow CA native, not sure if I know snow when I see it! ;-p
Hi, I battle a very insecure but very creative mental illness too. It helped to read your blog. Right now, I am battling a fear of writing a story that really happened when I was completely off my medication. That night I drove to a secluded spot at 3am and got out of my car and started walking down the street in a warehouse district. i got into a man’s car that was a sex addict. Instead of attacking me, he asked me what my dreams were, my accomplishments and my secrets that nobody knows about. we fell in love and then got separated by a tragic event. Somehow this is seeming to be okay to write about now. Thank you Kimberly for your honesty. It really helps.
I’m so glad you found a safe space here. Sometimes writing these things out, even the bizarre or scary stuff, can help a lot. Thank you for sharing part of your story!