Certainly.
My name is Emily Mah Tippetts - Mah is my maiden name and is Chinese
for "horse", while Tippetts is my married name (and I gather is an old
word for "tie-maker"). I began my writing career as Emily Mah in science
fiction and fantasy and attended the Clarion West Writer's Workshop
back in 2001. Since then I've sold several short stories to magazines
like Analog Science Fiction and Fact and Black Gate. In
2008, I decided to try my hand at romance/chick lit and did this under
the name E.M. Tippetts. I published one novel with a small press, then
in 2011 decided to try indie publishing. Because Emily Mah had the
beginnings of a respectable, traditional career, I did this as E.M.
Tippetts and put out two chick lit books. A year later, I make a lot
more money as E.M. Tippetts and that's the pen name that's received most
of my energies lately. I'll answer the rest of these interview
questions as E.M. Tippetts, the chick lit/ya writer.
