T.C. Mill is a student of philosophy from Wisconsin. She is also a writer because there is no way to earn an income practicing philosophy, and anyway story ideas ambush her at odd hours and will not let her rest until she writes them. Her future career plans include saving the world, possibly aided by a law degree, because philosophy on its own is not particularly effective at saving the world either. However, for someone who enjoys chasing thoughts persistently to their conclusions, it is as good a topic of study as any. In the meantime, she raises a herd of stuffed animals with distinctive personalities, writes her next story on the world's smallest netbook, and reads science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, and fanfiction for various movies and BBC television series. She has been a member of the Outer Alliance, a group of writers dedicated to increasing the positive representation of LGBTQA characters in science fiction and fantasy, since its founding in September 2009.
Dreamspinner Press has published her fantasy novelette "After the War" as well as "A Spell of Passion or Fear," a science fiction novella set in a steampunk version of Plato's Republic. Last of the Lesser Kings, her epic fantasy novel with gay romantic elements, will be released in January 2012 by Silver Publishing under the name T.L.K. Arkenberg. As Therese Arkenberg, she has written short fiction published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Crossed Genres, Daily Science Fiction, M-Brane SF Magazine, The Future Fire, and the anthologies Sword and Sorceress XXIV, Warrior Wisewoman 3, WolfSongs 2, and Things We Are Not.
If this mode of existence sounds interesting, it can be found chronicled at mumblingsage.tumblr.com.
