I am nationally certified as an Activities Director and have worked in health care for many years and won awards for my service there.
I enjoy playing the piano; given my work history it would appear that I would like to play the oldies. While true, I have an affinity for playing David Lanz and Enya's soft arpeggios and chords that soothe my mind when I am stressed.
Late at night, I have been known to sing along to karaoke videos. Not to worry, I keep the windows closed and won't give up my day job for a career in singing anytime soon!
I have written many poems, and this year entertained my mind and my musical fingers, in writing a couple of songs.
"The Pink Eraser" is my first serious attempt at writing a book on my own.
I have collaborated with Jeffrey K Underwood and as of October 2014, we have co-authored and self published over twenty book! As co-authors we share a blend that is unique. Working from opposite sides of the country, we text, email, and talk by phone as we write our books. But... we have yet to meet! Imaginary friends we are not. In our deep friendship we have found the depth of the passion that has become a love affair with writing.
In our initial meeting, Jeff told me that "No one lives in New Hampshire". Daily, I am proving to him that someone does indeed live here.
I love telling the tales that affect all the reader's senses and emotions I want to leave them with that taste that lingers and that makes them hunger for more.
I wanted to really like this book. It started off great. But as it progressed I felt there were some discrepancies with her Dickens stories which confused me. The author was telling two stories at the same time and the Dickens story got weaker and more confusing.
This is a book about marriage trust and loyalty. This is a book about wives and mistresses and a book about illness. Sharon and Al have twin girls and a marriage that seems fine until it isn't. Sharon is an author or literary novels and Al is a professor of literature. In honour of Dickens's centenary, Sharon is ask d to write a serialized novel for a local newspaper and writes about Dickens,and his mistress, Nelly Ternan. I enjoye both stories, Sharon and Al' and Dickens and Nelly's. There are identity twists that I didn't see coming. Good book
I could not read more than a couple of chapters. It was interspersed with some stories from yore. So not my cup of tea. Thought I could get past that as the present day writing seemed to be okay but then I was worried I'd miss an integral part of the story.