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Darlene
Guest
Hello everyone,
There is a reminder that scrolls across the top of the page saying I should introduce myself, so here I am.
My name is Darlene. I am a writer who's been hiding out and playing hooky for a little while.
I have three novels currently available [all from small, independent, traditional publishers] and a book of poetry that received a publishing contract after I won a contest.
Somewhere along the way I got tired of working relentlessly to promote my work and hoping that I'd sell enough books to pay my gas bill back home again. I decided that I needed to make some money and feed myself so I got preoccupied with my day job, which is teaching. I'm an art teacher and then I decided that I needed to open a martial arts school, mainly so I'd have some place to train in my tiny Appalachian town. In the process, I offer classes for other people, too.
Now, I'm still painting and teaching and training in martial arts, but I realized that my writing has suffered, my first love was left behind and I'm ready to re-embrace her and start anew. Or maybe go back and pick up some "old" things that I have never really gotten off the ground.
At any rate, I really look forward to getting to know all of you and I thank you, Pete, for letting me be a part of Litopia.
There is a reminder that scrolls across the top of the page saying I should introduce myself, so here I am.
My name is Darlene. I am a writer who's been hiding out and playing hooky for a little while.
I have three novels currently available [all from small, independent, traditional publishers] and a book of poetry that received a publishing contract after I won a contest.
Somewhere along the way I got tired of working relentlessly to promote my work and hoping that I'd sell enough books to pay my gas bill back home again. I decided that I needed to make some money and feed myself so I got preoccupied with my day job, which is teaching. I'm an art teacher and then I decided that I needed to open a martial arts school, mainly so I'd have some place to train in my tiny Appalachian town. In the process, I offer classes for other people, too.
Now, I'm still painting and teaching and training in martial arts, but I realized that my writing has suffered, my first love was left behind and I'm ready to re-embrace her and start anew. Or maybe go back and pick up some "old" things that I have never really gotten off the ground.
At any rate, I really look forward to getting to know all of you and I thank you, Pete, for letting me be a part of Litopia.
