First, I sold adult toys. Then, I danced at the Lusty Lady in San Francisco and voted to join the union. Soon, I was working at places with names like Chez Paree, Club Temptations, and Fantasy Makers. I posed and wrote for the Spectator Magazine. In 2003, I received my MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. My poetry, short fiction, and book reviews have appeared in Verse, Quick Fiction, Seattle Review, DSQ, Prose Studies, and others. I live in a blue neighborhood of a red state, where I'm a Midwestern dominatrix.  Drop me a line at rita@adviceweekly.com.