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Gender
Female
Birthday
April 4 1948
Location
south central PA mountains
About Me
High school ed. with one year college and 20 years in sales and cosmetic industry. Wrote first person columns and regional history items for the Pittsburgh Tribune Sunday magazine for 19 years plus several magazines, and two online publications. I write short stories and sometimes finish them and send them to contests.
Type of Writer
Sloowwww, like a turtle.
Writing Style
Conversational, humorous, honest
Interests
Gardening, family+pets, mystery&suspense novels, legal thrillers, writing, movies, woods&road walker, birds and animals. Love using natural things to decorate for all four seasons. Like an afternoon beer.
My Blog
I have no time for it anymore! Someday.
Group Memberships
I'm pretty much a habitual loner. However, I like people and two area libraries are among my favorite places.Never met a librarian I didn't befriend.
Favorite Genres
Mystery, suspense, mainstream, anything well presented
Favorite Books
Loved thousands since my first trip to the Hagerstown, Md. Library when I was a wee child.
Favorite Authors
Nowadays: Harlan Coben,James Lee Burke, James Patterson, Adriana Trigiani, Sue Grafton, the late Dick Francis and Hemingway and Dickens to mention a few of hundreds
Favorite Poets
My grandmother, Lulu Belle Dawson
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    My take on a clueless editor rejecting Roget's Thesaurus submission.
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    Life was heading nowhere, so I started a new one that was all about writing.
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    Previously published non-fiction
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    I am a Somerset Co.Pa resident.Here is my tribute to the resilient spirits of Flight 93.
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    Rated: 13+ · Political · #1877262
    An effort to weave two disparate topics into a column.Based on last presidential election.
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