About Marte Writes

The first thing you must know about the creator of this website, is that she is most definitely not a professional author. She is on no bestselling lists, has no agent and absolutely no distinguished writing credits. She does, however, love making up worlds and stories in her head and subsequently putting them to paper. Or any thought that pops up in her way too active mind, really. Too bad she doesn't get paid for it.

So, how does she bring home the bacon? I am glad you asked. By writing... code. Mind you, this was not her first choice for a profession. In her early twenties she had a rather short-lived career as a musician but apparently playing the Mandolin (the instrument, not the kitchen tool) professionally was not all it's cracked up to be. Luckily she appears to have an aptitude for programming. And as an added bonus, it turns out being all analytical and technical at her day job makes it even more fun to afterwards lose herself in dreaming and fantasizing about magical worlds where computers aren’t yet invented.

It must be obvious by now that Marte loves writing. More specifically she loves writing about strong, independent women while her husband cooks for her and her trusted magical beast lies at her feet. Because everyone knows that a heroine needs a sweet animal companion. And like in the books, you should not let the creature's cute face fool you. Princess Lucyfer (yes, that is her official name) can be as much of a c-word as any mean dragon guarding their treasure. In her case the treasure is just her favorite yellow tennis ball instead of a chest full of cursed gold.

When she is not writing either words or code, you can often find her either training for a half-marathon or - at the other end of the lazy scale - lounging inelegantly in her peejays on the couch with a Sudoku or the next Brandon Sanderson novel. Except, of course, during those times when she is looking for a secret door in her wardrobe or calling the post office about that letter from Hogwarts they must have surely misplaced.

Last but not least, if you ever run into a tired looking life-size copy of this website's author and she is hurrying along with two screaming toddlers hanging on to her for dear life, do not engage. She might look like Marte, but it is only trick. It is not her. It is in fact her diabolic identical twin sister (kid you not) with her two young kids. And although she might look like said author, she does not (I repeat: NOT) have the same time nor patience to deal with any fantasy or running loving geeks. This is a - completely understandable - consequence of choosing a life filled with way more pressing matters (a.k.a. two little gnomes) to deal with.

If this sounds like a person you might enjoy getting into their head, you are most welcome to start browsing this website. To make it easier for you, it is divided into three main categories:

• Running
  ... because it is a big, important part of Marte's life and she has lots of opinions on it.
• Life
  ... because a category was needed for non-fiction pieces that are NOT about running.
• Fiction
  ... because sometimes reality just doesn't do the trick.

Hopefully you will have as much fun reading everything on here as Marte had writing it. And please do subscribe if you want to be the first to know about new pieces. No pressure or obligation though. If you are anything like the author that would only have the opposite effect anyway.