About

 My name is Haley, also known on various social networking sites as Haleyknitz (I sell my knits at The Yarn Cat)

I’m twenty years old, and I have homeschooled almost all my life. My family owns Bear Hands Art Factory in downtown New Bern, NC. I attend Western Carolina University full time, and I am double-majoring in English with a concentration in Professional Writing, and Ballet Pedagogy. I tutor ballet and ballroom dance at Western, and teach ballet and pointe at Encore Dance in Sylva NC. My plans after graduation are still vague, but I'm considering publishing or editing books and teaching ballet. I blog about ballet at Beyond the Barre and am a contributing writer to 8Count Audio.

I'm a Christian, though I'm not sure of my exact age of conversion. This does, of course, affect some of my reviews, so please be aware that I come from a Berean Christian perspective (Acts 17).

My favorite things to do are knitting, reading, bike riding, writing books, classical French and Russian ballet, horse back riding, designing websites, baking and decorating cakes, and playing the piano and the recorder by ear (I'm a jack of all trades!). My last name is mispronounced so many times (because it's French) that I don't mind anymore, so don't feel bad if you have no idea how to say it. I've got just enough Irish blood in me to explain the pale skin, green eyes, and hair that doesn't want to be red or brown but must be both. I'm a bit of a quirk, and have a tendency to ramble on... and on... and on... I talk to the voices in my head (don't get too scared, I promise they won't hurt you) and when I get inspired to write a book, it takes over my life.

Quotes:

(online editorial reviews)
Beauvallet (and here)
Lydia Dare series
My Unfair Lady
The SuperStress Solution


(quoted by the author)
Ada: Legend of a Healer
Gifts of the Heart
The Light The Dark and Ember Between
Sanctuary
The Diabetic Pastry Chef
Thumbing Through Thoreau

Other
Musical Chairs - PRLog