Daze of Write and Roses

To those of you who have just stumbled on this, hello. This is the official blog for Bronwyn Sciance, a.k.a. Olivia Grambo. I am both an author and a poet. This is just sort of to introduce me, so I'll share with you a little about myself.

I "published" my first book at the age of six, a story about a girl named Alexandra and her cat Shadow who got lost in a rather extensive garden, called "Under the Lilacs". I wrote the story for a spelling exercise in first grade, edited it, organized it, typed it up with the help of my mother on a Macintosh computer and "The Amazing Writing Machine" software, did what I laughingly call "artwork", printed it on hot pink paper, bound it in plastic sheet protectors tied with rainbow yarn, and presented it to my teacher/principal. That copy still resides at The McLea Day School, where I attended at the time.

Today, I am a junior in college, where I am majoring in what else but English with a concentration in Creative Writing, and would be perfectly happy to do nothing but write for the rest of my life. I am a geek, an obsessive reader, a New Yorker by birth, a Virginian by the infinite wisdom of the US Navy. I am a slightly overweight person (in the sense that the Pacific Ocean am a slightly damp area) who likes wolves, Broadway musicals, and bizarre mixes of country and oldies music. A former Girl Scout, I do my best to be honest, to be fair, to help where I am needed, to be cheerful, to be friendly and considerate, to be a sister to those around me, to respect authority, to use resources wisely, to protect and improve the world around me, and to show respect for myself and others through my words and actions. (I still say the Girl Scout Law the way it was in 1994, when I joined Daisy Girl Scouts, and refuse to accept any later revisions.) I am a singer, a flautist, a writer, a United Methodist, and a child of God.

I am an active member of the Epsilon Sigma chapter of the Phi Sigma Sigma sorority and enjoy spending time with my sisters, whether we are watching movies, playing card games, going on midnight beach runs, or just sitting around in someone's dorm room surfing the Internet and reading at one another. Aspects of my sisters can be found in my writing, not on purpose (usually) but because certain characters take on certain aspects of people I know. I have a skewed sense of humor, as shown by my personal motto: Laugh, and the world laughs at you; cry, and the world laughs harder. On occasion inside jokes slip into my writing, rarely getting explained because I like watching people's minds struggle with casually thrown-out statements like "That is NOT my banana". I still write on a Macintosh computer, although it is a MacBook Pro liberally adorned with stickers, which is named Siobhan. I also use a Smith-Corona Coronet 12 Automatic Typewriter on occasion, although not as often as I used to since the “Shift-Lock” key got jammed.

Besides writing, my hobbies include numerology, tarot and rune stones, and I have made birth charts for a number of my friends. I also enjoy crocheting and counted cross-stitch. I am a member of the National Forensics League and lettered in Forensics (public speaking, not digging up dead bodies) in high school. A former IB student, I missed getting the diploma by one point because of a 3 in Higher Level Physics, which is two more than I feel I deserved. I am an occasional French teacher at McLea and also play piano for the Christmas program and end-of-year assembly each year. Much of my time outside of this is spent correcting the pronunciation or spelling of my name. I am half-Norwegian on my mother's side and very proud of that fact. My favorite colors are grey, purple, and blue, which makes for an interesting color scheme in my dorm room. I collect quotes, sweatshirts, hymnals, rosewood boxes, and baby dolls. (Taken from my website.)

Most of this blog will be about my writing--upcoming projects, works in progress, that sort of thing. Feel free to comment--I always love hearing from my fans!