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| Occupation | Freelance Writer/Novelist |
|---|---|
| Location | Midwest, United States |
| Introduction | New to the writing world, I live with my husband of twenty years in Chicago, Illinois. I have been retired from the work force for fifteen years doing small jobs to earn money and keep constructively busy. I love to garden and have been painting and drawing all of my life. Although challenged with the English language, I found comfort when writing came into my life in the form of rhyming verses. Poetry was an outlet for emotions I needed to express, and because I am dyslexic, this form was easy for me. Later, after 17 years of research, I wrote and published my first book called People of Difference, which is a paternal genealogy study. It was after writing People of Difference that I decide to try my hand at actually writing a short fictional novel. In 1983, I wrote and published Moments of Feelings – a fictional story about a young girl starting life on her own. I received so much pleasure from writing Moments of Feelings that I decided to learn the trade of writing. Although I haven’t written a lot of poetry since I’ve started my ‘late in life endeavor,’ I am hoping the world will keep me on my toes in developing the skills of writing. |
| Interests | Gardening, Painting, Tai Chi, and helping others |
| Favorite movies | Star Wars, The Red Violin, Dune, Anne of Green Gables, The Godfather |
| Favorite music | Country, Classical, Smooth Jazz |
| Favorite books | The Rich are Different, The Celestine Prophecy, What Dreams May Come, A Twight in Time, Out on a Limb, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, the DeVinci Code, Talking to Heaven, Gooberz, The Thirteenth Tale, One |