Writing Life
I've written in one form or another since early childhood, including
poems, songs, stories, and keeping a journal. Life demands (including full time work and two
children) kept me from writing, but
when my youngest turned 5, I began to hear my muse whispering (nagging)
again.
I returned to poetry and discovered that the internet was a vital
resource and gathering place for far-flung poets. I stumbled onto Wild
Poetry Forum and began to workshop old poems and to write new
ones. Within a few years, I was asked to become a moderator, then
a few years later, promoted to head moderator.
Sometime after my 40th birthday, my husband finished a book he'd been
reading, threw it across the room in disgust and turned to me saying,
"Even you can write better than that."
It was meant as a challenge, not an insult (at least not to me!) and
that was the year I wrote "The Wings of Winter."
That year was also what I call my 'crash course in remedial novel
writing for the poet.' Much of what I know now, I learned from
writing and critique partners I found at Forward
Motion for Writers. They taught me, steering me toward
resources in print and on the web and I am forever grateful.
Over the course of the following 2 years, I wrote 2 more novels,
"MindBlind" and "The House of Many
Doors."
My 3 completed novels represent 3 different genres and styles.
I consider myself a reading and writing 'omnivore.' My favorite
genres are fantasy, scifi, speculative fiction, thrillers, and
mysteries. I read and write both YA and adult novels.
I am currently brainstorming for several new novel ideas and
returning to "The Wings of Winter" with an eye toward revising
it for the YA market.
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