Gina Marie was born in Texas, raised in Arizona and worked in IT consulting until she retired after the Y2K kerfluffle. Then, being footloose and fancy free, she opted to try her luck in film school. She gave that a whirl and afterwards returned to her beloved desert. Now she thinks she's a writer. Most of her English teachers despaired of her, but she has finally learned where periods go, sprinkles commas profusely through her work; although semicolon usage still eludes her.