Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:JA;} Rachelle Rogers is a writer and poet. Originally from NYC, she received a BA in English Literature from Hunter College. In South Florida, she was a leather artisan, freelance editor, dance writer for several publications including The Fort Lauderdale News/Sun Sentinel, and had her first book, Creative Crafts Desk Handbook (Prentice-Hall), published. During her years in Chapel Hill, NC, she belonged to a fine craft cooperative, was a real estate agent, started a Dance Appreciation Video Series, and began seriously writing poetry and fiction. Now living in beautiful Asheville, NC, she continues as writer, editor, hair stylist, computer tutor, jewelry designer, and perpetual student of the French language. Author of A Love Apart, a novel, Possoons, stories, and Rare Atmosphere: one woman's journey of the heart, a memoir, her work has appeared in several literary journals including Passager, Sow’s Ear Poetry Review, Calyx: A Journal of Art and Literature by Women, and The Pedestal Magazine.      For book information, reviews, writing excerpts, poetry, photography, and more, please visit www.rachellerogers.com   For my blog LUMINATIONS: celebrating life from an enlightened perspective, please visit  www.rachellerogers.com   **New Blog Post 20 November 2013: A Love Apart $.99 On Kindle November 21st thru 27th** **New Blog Post 10 November 2013: How Not To Burrito A 17 Pound Cat**   You can now follow me on Twitter