I have always been an SFF fan, but was never into fanfic until I started going to MediaWestCon to sell t-shirts. (Though I was reading it at an early age, back when they used to publish Star Trek fanfic in paperback form!)
I have a day job as a desktop publisher at a large engineering firm. I make jewelry on the side, and I am taking as many classes as I can in various ways to melt, rend, weld, and otherwise torture metal.