Hi there.
Well, since you asked, here's my story...( you did ask, didn't you?)
I have been writing all my life, in fact I still have diaries from when I was seven years old. As a young adult, I turned my stories into songs, and those songs culminated in a twenty-five year singing/songwriting career, and four albums.
Ten years ago I began writing memoir and personal essay. Although I am a creative type, I’m also an entrepreneur and businesswoman, so I do have some left-brain functioning when it comes to the “business end” of creativity. I’ve founded and run two nonprofit organizations, bringing arts programs to teens in foster care. In 2007 I was given the Agape Spirit award from Dr. Michael Beckwith (from “The Secret”) for my work with at-risk youth. That was way cool.
A convenient midlife meltdown slowed me some years ago, giving me time to be reflective. Gotta love those meltdown years....aaahhhhh.
I've recently finished writing Only Good Things, a memoir of my childhood, working on a second book, What Doesn't Kill You, and editing an anthology "The Shame Prom" with my soul sister Amy Ferris (Seal Press). My stories have been published in Chicken Soup for the Soul- Answered Prayers, and Character Consciousness as well as online at Fem2pt0, The Next Family, The Shape of A Mother, Over Fifty Living and iPinion Syndicate.
I am a blogger for iPinion Syndicate and AOL Patch.
I'm happily married 21 years...have three amazing children and a house full of pets and chaos.
Some people said some nice stuff about my writing. Here it is:
Though I always enjoy working with writers at all stages in their careers, it is extremely rare to encounter someone with the talent and voice you've shown in your work. Beautiful! You possess true and rare talent, that shows in nearly every sentence. Your language is wonderfully concrete and clear. More importantly, you recognize the way a small story can reveal larger truths.
- Joyce Maynard ( To Die For, At Home in The World)
I've recently finished writing Only Good Things, a memoir of my childhood, working on a second book, What Doesn't Kill You, and editing an anthology "The Shame Prom" with my soul sister Amy Ferris (Seal Press). My stories have been published in Chicken Soup for the Soul- Answered Prayers, and Character Consciousness as well as online at Fem2pt0, The Next Family, The Shape of A Mother, Over Fifty Living and iPinion Syndicate.
I am a blogger for iPinion Syndicate and AOL Patch.
I'm happily married 21 years...have three amazing children and a house full of pets and chaos.
Some people said some nice stuff about my writing. Here it is:
Though I always enjoy working with writers at all stages in their careers, it is extremely rare to encounter someone with the talent and voice you've shown in your work. Beautiful! You possess true and rare talent, that shows in nearly every sentence. Your language is wonderfully concrete and clear. More importantly, you recognize the way a small story can reveal larger truths.
- Joyce Maynard ( To Die For, At Home in The World)
