Riley Murphy
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Author |
| Location | United States |
| Introduction | I currently live in a circa 1600's castle in Cardiff Wales with my husband who models underwear for Calvin Klein Ads. We have no children, as my husband feels this would cut too much into the time and devotion he spends seeing to my every need. We do have an exceptionally well behaved dog - that feeds and walks herself. And as for money? Why, it grows on the blossoming magnolias - that generously dot the lush and mossy embankment of our very clean and well-filtered moat (hence, no pesky mosquitoes). Did I mention I am a published author of fiction? Okay, so I may have embellished the truth slightly. My home is a few 1000 square feet shy of being a castle. My husband probably could have modeled for Calvin, um, about 25 pounds...I mean, years ago. Our two children who currently reside in my wallet, actually, my checkbook (as I don’t keep that much cash in my billfold) give the phrase ‘I deposited the surplus into our savings account’, obsolete. And our lovely little canine, aptly referred to as ‘the red devil’ has made sanity a constant challenge. Man, I liked the embellished version better. |
| Interests | writing, reading, getting to the Sunday crossword before anyone else in the house gets a hold of it (and filling in all the easy answers first) - music and painting |
Crap, if someone had asked me in my twenties how I felt about rejections I probably would have said: “I hate them.” Today? I would say: “Bring ‘em on!” Of course, back then I didn’t have anything to ease the sting, but now, thanks to a splendid concoction known as the ‘dirty martini’, I can handle just about anything.