All in Due Time. Or in Time - Due.

I was a geek in high school, but an atypical one. Smart, shy, imaginative. Loved science and math. Hated gym. I read Jules Verne, HG Wells, A. Conan Doyle, Lord of the Rings and comic books. I watched Dr. Who, Star Trek and Japanese anime before it was called anime. I wrote little stories and dreamed big dreams and generally lived in my room. The reason I was atypical was the fact that I was a girl.

Forward ten years. I was a zoologist and drew comic books. Star Trek was once again on TV. Dr. Who and Japanese anime were mocked on this side of both oceans and comic books were the stuff of bad television. Still a geek, still writing stories and yep, still a girl.

Now, the worlds of Doyle, Verne, Tolkien and Wells are cleaning up in all media, from big screen to little. Star Trek has had a face lift and Dr. Who is the number one telly program in the world. Comic books are block busters, Japanese anime rules for young men between the ages of twelve and twenty-two and the Lord of the Rings is arguably the best big screen trilogy ever. I still love science, still write stories and yep, I'm still a girl.

Today, I signed a contract with Jennifer Udden of the Donald Maass Literary Agency in New York.She's a geek and yep she's a girl. But it's a different world for girls like her and I'm glad for it. I'm glad I was who I was and I'm glad that I am who I am and that the world has changed enough for girls like us to be embraced and valued for our brains, our imagination, our creativity and our dreams. If you're reading this and you're a geek, good on ya, mate. And if you're a girl geek, better on ya. There's a Big Bang kinda world out there waiting...