<p>*standing up* Hi, I'm Angela Quarles and I'm a geek.</p>
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...and a bit of a dork, too.</p>
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So, I'm taking this as a STRENGTH and putting it into my writing. You've been forewarned <img alt=":)" src="<___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_smile.png"></p>
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I live in an historic house in the beautiful and quirky town of Mobile, AL, and enjoy the usual stuff like gardening, reading, hanging out, eating, drinking, chasing squirrels out of the walls and creating the occasional knitted scarf. I also dabble in Shaolin Kung Fu, which is probably the only purposeful exercise I get.</p>
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I hate to admit it, but I do match the sterotype of a Romance writer by having cats. They are Darcy and Bingley, and they are two perfectly matched grays, how appropriate is that? Unlike their namesakes, they are brothers -- a visiting cousin rescued them from a parking lot back in June. You actually can tell them apart - Darcy is slightly darker and hardly talks, and Bingley is a talker. Both are sweet and loving. Aptly named, no?</p>
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I write under the pen name of Angela Quarles (Quarles being an old family name from waaaay back) and have a B.A. in Anthropology and International Studies with a minor in German from Emory University, and a Masters in Heritage Preservation from Georgia State University. I was an exchange student to Finland in high school and participated in Emory's Study Abroad program in Vienna my junior year. I love visiting other countries, but do not get to indulge in it very often.</p>
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I'm a member of the following writing groups:</p>
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Mobile Writer's Guild</p>
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Romance Writers of America</p>
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Gulf Coast Chapter, RWA</p>
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Fantasy, Futuristic & Paranormal, RWA</p>
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Hearts Through History, RWA</p>
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My current WIP, MUST LOVE BREECHES, is a time travel romance and has finaled in the paranormal category, 2012 Washington DC RWA Marlene contest and the 2012 San Antonio RWA Merritt contest</p>
