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About Me

Rachel A. Marks (a.k.a. "Pixydust" to her writer and artist friends) is a mom to four perfect kids. She loves to ride dirt-bikes with her family and owns a quilting art business called "Pixy's Guarden", designing bags and other fun, crazy accoutrement's. Being a native Southern Californian she loves the beach and tried surfing, but getting pregnant a bunch of times in a row kind of got in the way of that. So, she just lets her husband ride the waves as she sits and reads her book.
In her spare time her favorite thing to do is hide in her room with her lap-top and sketch book, plugged into Linkin Park or Red, creating new worlds through words and images . A few of her creations have been published . Some paintings and a story here and there. She has three columns, which she contributes to sporatically. She had the privilage of helping with the launch of the Literary Mag Haruah , where she was managing editor for a year. Now she's just helping out as a slush reader there and getting ready for the launch of Double-Edged Publishing's new venture--stay tuned for the updates. She's also working to publish her first novel. If she could only find time to finish her latest WIP.
You can read more about her and order prints of her artwork on her webpage, www.shadowofthewood.com
Published words:
Sarah's Flight ~ AlienSkin 2007 April/May issue
Sorrow's Shroud ~ Dragons, Knights, and Angels as well as a reprint in Distant Passages II (illustrated by me)
Absolution ~ The Sword Review
The Waters Stir ~ Dragons, Knights, and Angels (illustration by me)
Sign of the Snake ~ The Sword Review!
Check out GOLDEN, her knew WIP HERE
Check out her Deviantart here
BUY PRINTS OF HER ART HERE

The Sammy Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgycI-jwpp0

A song inspired by the show Supernatural.Ah, Sammy... *grin*


Supernatural: Boys just wanna have fun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd1L6P2abr4

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

~I'd love to pick their brains of some of my favorite authors...

Orson Scott Card I actually got to spend a whole week being taught by this amazing writer!

Robin Hobb

Juliet Marillier

Patricia McKillip

and last, but assuredly not least:

Lois Lowry ~ Someday maybe I'll get to shake her hand and thank her for her words. :)

My Blog

Sherlock Holmes (2009) - Official Trailer HD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY7n9OGU-i0
Posted by on Fri, 29 May 2009 15:41:00 GMT

Are you kidding me?

I HATE politics. I don't believe in all the crap-slinging. Christians (of which I am one) saying Obama is the anti-christ, really bugs me. Seriously? I wouldn't give him that much credit. Obama suport...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:48:00 GMT

New Drawing

I finished a new drawing today. At last, something for myself... My Sin You can order prints in my shop. email me if ou don't see one in there and you want one.
Posted by on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 07:31:00 GMT

New Art

I can now show you all the new piece I worked on last. It was a commission for my author friend John Olson who's recently released book, SHADE, has now hit the stands. It's quite the chiller...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:14:00 GMT

Literary Boot Camp

I finally posted about my adventures at the Orson Scott Card Boot Camp on my main blog, in case anyone wants masive, uninteresting details. Toad-House Happenings
Posted by on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:07:00 GMT

Valentine’s Day Sale!

Hey guys! I decided to have a sale on all my romance artwork for the remainder of February. So, all my Love pieces are now $8.95 until the end of the month. You can check them out here: Pixy's Garden...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:54:00 GMT

Im on sale!!!! ;)

So, I've been working on my art a lot more than my writting lately. I'm not exactly sure why I feel this urgency about it. Ever since I was asked to do this project for DEP, now I'm in some sort of pe...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:11:00 GMT

Eight Freaky Things About Me...aka, all the stuff you really never wanted to know...

My friend Becky snagged me and now I must post my eight silly, goofy, freaky, whatever things about me. You asked for it, chicky... ;D First, here's the rules: 1. Each player start...
Posted by on Fri, 11 May 2007 08:44:00 GMT

I'm a sucker....

Well, I finally gave in and did it. I'm on myspace. :) Someday, maybe I'll get it all figured out...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:53:00 GMT