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This website
accompanies the
release of
When Leo Logged
On, a
memoir steeped
in '90s internet
nostalgia. It is
a very close
representation
of the sort of
website the
author built in
those early days
of the internet.
The background
graphic, for
example, is
almost a perfect
recreation of
the background
tile used on the
"Paradise
Island" site
described in the
book. Several
elements of the
site are taken
directly from
the book's text.
Author's
Homepage
Susan Ashbaine
is a Generation
X Information
Technology
professional who
grew up in
Knoxville,
Tennessee. From
an early age,
she gravitated
toward
expressing her
point of view
through writing,
and throughout
her life she has
been known for
her natural
verbosity. Those
who know her
best will tell
you she has
never been one
to settle for a
sentence when a
paragraph would
do. Though she
has never
considered
herself a
bookworm,
writing in some
form has always
been part of her
identity.
Rather than
labeling herself
an author, Susan
describes
herself as an
eight-to-five
working stiff,
counting the
days until she
can finally
escape the rat
race.
When Leo Logged
On was
written in the
fleeting peace
of evening hours
between the
turbulent days
of a workplace
in crisis. For
Susan, writing
became both a
refuge and a way
to capture her
story before
that chapter of
her life came to
a close.
As her debut
work,
When Leo Logged
On was not
the memoir she
originally set
out to write.
Like many
first-time
authors, she
discovered that
the story she
wanted to tell
and the story
she could
tell were
not the same.
Circumstances
and timing
shaped the
project, and
ultimately it
became the book
that insisted on
being written in
its present
form. During the
editing process,
many beloved
memories and
vignettes were
left on the
cutting room
floor, and she
has already
begun to explore
ideas for a
second book that
will most likely
also find its
place in the
memoir space in
order to share
those stories
one day, too.
Until then, she
invites you to
step into her
world through
When Leo Logged
On. Read
it, reflect on
it, and decide
for yourself:
was it him, or
wasn't it?
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