I chose my name because I have always been different from most of the people that I have lived around.
I am African-American and was raised in a rural area which was predominantly white. I was physically different (obviously, lol) from all of my friends, so it was as though I were from Mars, or something.
When I grew up, I married a city-boy and moved to the city where I discovered that my youth had given me some wonderful country-living experiences that city-dwellers never get. In an emergency, I was always calm and prepared and had the ability to be self-sufficient (which most of my friends and neighbors don't have!) If I say anything about how something can be made from scratch, can be fixed with a little elbow grease or indicate that I can zip something up on a sewing machine, they look at me as though I've lost my mind because they are used to buying everything new. So again, I felt as though I were from another planet, so I am TheMartianChick!
My hubby and I have plans to move south (hopefully by next winter). We've created a business plan for and reserved the name for our farm: Mission-2-Mars. I've been working on the website for the past few months and haven't published it yet. Since I work as a business consultant and write business plans, I know that I won't have much time to do work on a website once I actually have the farm. Besides, that's when I'm supposed to find time to finally write some fiction!
