Monday, November 1, 2010

Hello from London!

Hello Scribblers, my name is... well, er... let's see. Legally, my name is Emily Mah Tippetts. Literarily I am Emily Mah when it comes to science fiction and fantasy (and other ancillary pursuits like jewelry design) and E.M. Tippetts when it comes to romance and women's fiction. Just Emily is what I normally go by and I am STUNNED that I am the only Emily in the list of contributors. It's so rare for me to be unique in that respect, given the world seems flooded with Emilies these days.

I'm very excited to be a part of the Cove, and will try really hard not to post anything redundant (I obviously have a lot of reading of past posts to do). I also post this right before I'm likely to disappear for a couple of months, which I know doesn't seem very enthusiastic of me, but I am expecting a new baby soon, and really don't think you want to hear whatever randomness is rattling around in my head at 3am when I haven't slept for 20 hours. Two months is usually how long it takes me to readjust from whatever Major Life Change I've inflicted upon myself. We'll see how I do this time. 

As far as my background goes, I grew up in New Mexico, then at 17 (exactly half my life ago) I went to Wales to finish high school, then went to England for undergrad. Following that, I went to Los Angeles for law school, then back to New Mexico to practice law. I converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when I was in LA, met my husband in New Mexico, got married there, and had my first child there. This year we moved to London so that my husband could work on his PhD. We'll be here at least two more years, maybe more, depending on where he takes his next job. 

Emily Mah has published a bunch of short stories in various markets and a jewelry article. E.M. Tippetts has published a novel with a small press. Ten years ago I went to the Clarion West Workshop for Science Fiction and Fantasy, and about three years ago I went to Viable Paradise. For ten years I was a member of the Critical Mass Writers Group in northern New Mexico. During that time I was also an attorney who did real estate, estate planning, and contracts and towards the end of my time practicing law, I did a fair amount of literary estate planning.

Nowadays, I'm a stay at home mommy and I run a jewelry store and a digital scrapbooking store on Etsy. And I write. I am really looking forward to meeting all of you!

12 comments:

  1. Hi! Welcome and how very exciting it is to meet you! Congratulations on your accomplishments!

    I look forward to working alongside with you. :)

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  2. Welcome! Wow, you have lived a much more exciting life than I have. I think you've lived more places than I've visited. :) I can't wait to get to know you. Congrats on the baby!

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  3. Hello Emily! I love your awesome, exciting background! I'm so glad you've joined our merry band. :)

    p.s. smooch up that baby when he/she comes!

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  4. Yay for sharing a little bit more about yourself! It's always so fun!!! Congratulations on the baby!

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  5. Thanks so much for coming on board, Emily! We're mighty pleased to have you.

    You may be the only Emily, but I think you and Leisha are probably distant cousins from back before spelling of surnames was standardized.

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  6. Thanks for the welcomes guys! Leisha and I might be related if she's also descended from northern Chinese Moslems - but even if she is, it's more a clan name than a surname, so there may be no blood tie. What's the origin of your name, Leisha?

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  7. Emily, I'm looking forward to your posts after things have settled with your new baby -congratulations! And yes, I must agree about what happens to brain cells at two in the morning after a week of no sleep. BUT, it sure makes for fun reading, so if you change your mind . . .

    Anyway, welcome aboard!

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  8. Emily, I married into the Maw name and it comes from England. So unless the Mah clan has pasty white skin, frequent red-headed children (although none of mine are red-heads), and short in-laws, we probably aren't blood related. But you do live in London, so we can pretend. He he!

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  9. Woo-hoo! Welcome - the more the merrier! Congrats on your new baby! :-)

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  10. Thanks guys! Leisha - pretty sure we're not related then, unless you go waaaaay back (like, to Noah, maybe).

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  11. Congrats on the baby!! :) I'm excited to read your posts! :)

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