Once upon a time…

It is an absolute pleasure to have you here. I am Brie Zee. I actually hate talking about myself, which I feel like everyone says, and I think that remains true throughout the ages. I'll try to make this as quick and painless as possible, for all of our sakes.

I am 24 and I have been writing since I was 13. I started out in notepads, the margins of my homework, or the back of my tests when I finished early. I would spend hours creating these imaginary worlds in my head, then act them out when driving in the car with music blasting in my ears. It's a shock I'm not deaf yet.

Of course, from there, fanfiction happened. Can you blame me? Fanfiction is great, Don't deny. I know some of you nasties have read it. Don't bother trying to clean out your browser history. Your secret is safe with me.

I spent many years writing fanfiction, steadily getting better and growing my audience while also getting older. Once I graduated from high school, my writing went on the back burner as I focused on my career which was in linguistics and language. Spoiler alert: I am a huge nerd about languages. I literally love languages. I speak some Japanese, fluent in Korean and ASL, and can understand basic Russian but I kind of hate it. Slavic-based languages are hard, sue me.

Anyways, fast forward a few years, I am attending a university in South Korea and I end up with a rare genetic disorder called EDS otherwise known as Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. I'll spare you the boring details in this blog post, but it's also known as "Zebra Syndrome" since no one person presents the same, much like a zebras stripes. Hence the name.

So, because of my rapidly declining health, I rush back to the states where I end up needing to have spinal surgery. Yay. *cough* Sarcasm. *cough* That was a disaster and a half, Spare you the gory details. I needed two emergency repair surgeries from that, where I finally recover but I can no longer live in Korea so I return to writing. Low and behold, my first book, Dawn of Sparks is finally born!

It's been years in the making, and literally is my blood, sweat, and tears. Each character is a huge piece of myself, my family, my friends that I have lost, gained, or can no longer see. I made it in hopes that I can help someone escape realty, even for second. To give someone the sense that they aren't alone, or that there is a makeshift family that has their hand outstretched for them.

For the people who read Dawn of Sparks, I truly hope you get that feeling of belonging. That each character feels like another member of family or a friend that you can rely on for whatever reason, since I know I needed that in my time of need. I hope that they can do that for you in your time of need.

To my readers, to my followers, to any that find solace in my words or characters, thank you. Thank you for taking time to read my story. Thank you for everything you have done and I am grateful. I wish you many blessings and happiness. Please know that Crescent Moon Faction is with you and I care about each of you! Your support means so much.