For a time, I perched myself on a flat rock, comparing my life with the Guyandotte River. Just as its tributaries replenish it daily, changing it in some small—sometimes great—degree, so have the day-to-day occurrences of life changed me. Like the ri
I'm a freelance writer and editor. Subject specialties include real estate; gardening; interior design; country living, and health.
(I write memoirs, too!)
Background
Information
I started writing in fourth grade and couldn't quit. Writing is the best way I know to explore myself and the world. I hold a BA in Art and English, but did not start writing in earnest until 1995. Now I write for magazines and newspapers, regionally and nationally, and I love it all! I also do business writing for small businesses; things such as press releases, web content, articles, etcetera. I've taught writing memoir and family history, and writing one's own memoir or history is something I believe everyone should do.
Birth Place
Soquel, CA USA
Accomplishments
Redwood Writer's Writing Contest Winner
Sonoma Searcher Writing Contest Winner
ABWA Newsletter Award
Poetry published in FirstWriter.com (Issue #9)
2 Awards for Accidental Cowgirl (see below)from Next Generation Indie Book Awards, for Humor and Memoir; and ! for Humor from Best Books of 2008.
Member, Editorial Freelancers' Assoication
Member, National Memoir Writers' Association
Member, Redwood Writers Branch of the California Writers Club.
Contact Information
Wine Country Writer
1083 Vine Street #185
Healdsburg CA 95448
USA