Thank you for visiting my website and for taking the time to browse or even comment on my stories. I do a lot of research for my novels, and I share here the most interesting facts I come across. Sometimes I share stories about my writing journey or life in general.
My own story began in 1977 in Galați, Romania. I spent my childhood reading and writing, not quite aware of the hard lives my grownups had inside the closed borders of our communist country. I was lucky to live through the fall of the Iron Curtain, to study computers when they were “the future,” and to get hired out of college by Microsoft as a software developer. My years at Xbox were a wonderful opportunity to grow, to learn, and to make friends. In 2005—and still a bookworm—I left software development and returned to my childhood passions: reading and writing. Nonfiction and fiction. This time in English.
I now live in Seattle, Washington, a place designated by UNESCO a City of Literature in 2017. I earned a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Goddard College in 2009. My undergraduate studies include a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania in 2000, and a certificate in nonfiction writing from the University of Washington Extension in 2006.
I’m a member of the Authors Guild and Codex Writers’ Group, and my writing has been published in Stupefying Stories, The Write Launch, Dilema Veche (Romania), European Weekly, SIFF’s Reel News, and Goddard’s The Pitkin Review, where I later contributed as an editor. (For a complete list, see Published Stories.) Writing awards and recognition include an honorable mention in the 2018 San Antonio Writers’ Guild Annual Writing Contest, and being a finalist in the 2021 Futurescapes Award, the 2017 Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary Contest, and the 2017 Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards.
My debut thriller Extreme Vetting will be published in February 2023 by Ooligan Press (Portland State University).
To write to me, please use the contact form below. Again, thank you for reading!
How lovely to see your website, Roxana! I really appreciate your encouragement for a late-blooming writer!
Thanks for visiting, Carla! I’m glad you found the site and you like it.
Dear Roxana,
We haven’t met, though I’ve seen you at Louisa’s. I’m often impressed by good writing, but rarely get to see the thoughtful mind behind the pen. You write with power. That’s a gift your readers will love.
Hope to meet you soon.
Joel
Thank you for reading, Joel. I’m looking forward to meeting you too and to reading your novel and learning the history of tsarist Russia from your story.
I am so impressed Roxana with your appetite for writing, first I thought it’s just a childhood caprice, but now I am so happy to see reality follows passion.
Keep up the good writing and focus!
Thank you Alina for your encouragement. Writing is a long way to walk, but I enjoy almost every step of it. When I’m done with my novel, I hope you’ll read it. Until then, I hope you’ll come back to check my blog once in a while.
Great site! Rewriting history, wow. I’m really excited to hear the whole stroy.
Thanks, Beth!
Yeah Roxana! This looks great! Alternative history is a perfect way to categorize your novel. Happy blogging. See you at Louisa’s. Mindy
Thanks, Mindy! And thanks for your guidance.
Can’t wait to get a sneak peek when you want reader feedback! Happy writing!
Same here. Keep me in mind for your manuscript.
Sounds like something I’ll want to read.
Thank you, Sherry. Still a ways away from a final draft. I hope your writing is going well, too.
and a fine novel it is. I’m waiting for the book.
Thank you, Jack. I just finished the first draft. Onward to my first rewrite!