I have been writing since I was a child.  Back then I read Laura Ingalls Wilder...  Out of boredem- I picked up the Harlequins that my mother bought by the dozen.  I wiped out the libraries Gothic Romance section.  As an adult I began reading Anne Rice... She is the one I credit with my genre of preference.  Anne Rice and all those old horror movies I grew up watching.

I have been published online in The Chick Lit Review, The Short Humour Site and MicroHorror. I have published Flashes From My Mind. Also, People of Few Words-Volume 2 published one of my flash fiction stories. I received an honorable mention in the Theme is Pottery contest and I took 2nd place in the Crooksville Art Council's poetry contest.

I belong to the Y-City Writers Forum. We will be hosting our 3rd writers conference on Oct. 9, 2010. Cost is $30 (includes breakfast and lunce), $15/students. There is a conference contest. The theme is Dead Silence. Free for conference attendees, $5.00 for all others. Go to http://y-citywritersforum.blogspot.com or www.ycitywriters.com for information.

Rita L. Smith
This is my writing website

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This is my blog where I can share my writing insights, thoughts or anything that pops into my tiny little head.