My blogs

Blogs I follow

Gender	Female
Industry	Publishing
Occupation	writer/teacher
Location	United States
Links	Audio Clip
Introduction	is the author of STAYING ALIVE:A LOVE STORY, a memoir described as "a beautiful reminder of what really matters." Nominated for the Christian Small Publishers Association 2012 Book of the Year, the memoir is also a 2012 Readers View Literary Award selection. Excerpts and more info at http://laurabhayden.com.
Interests	my family, my writing, others' writing, ballroom dancing
Favorite movies	Big Fish, Simon Birch Marilyn Hotchkiss's Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Favorite music	Child of the 60s stuff: Dylan, Knofler, PP&M, CSN&Y, and, oh yes, then there's my phenomenal jazz guitarist twin brother: Larry Baione (of the Larry Baione Trio from Berklee College of Music in Boston.. With the exception of his improvisations, it's usually lyrics that grab me first.
Favorite books	Too many to list. Top authors? Joan Didion and the "Anns" Annie Dillard Anne Lamont Anne Fadiman Recently? Stephen Jobs: The Biography, Caroline Kennedy's Tapes of Jackie and Schlesinger, Didion's Blue Nights. Ever? For sure: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, followed by: I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb, and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintainence by Robert Pirsig.