I am writer, knitter, gamer, geek, queer, sex positive, fat positive, all around no-bullshit artist. As a Licensed Professional Counselor, I bring expertise and ten years of real world experience to our writings on mental health and wellness. As an opinionated person, I bring a lifetime of geekdom and outrage to the rest of our content, anything from pop culture to tabletop gaming to that book I'm reading right now. When not here, I'm found most often on Twitter @deserthooker (and @ameliajune for writing-specific stuff).

Bell is a gamer and writer with a lot of opinions and a vocabulary that would make a pirate blush. She holds great fondness for dark beer, good books, bad fanfiction, and cats. Bell lives in the American Southwest with her husband, two children, a dog that won't stay out of the trash can and a cat that likes to sleep on her head.