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Well, school's under way for my Bachelor's degree at Baker College Online. Let me just say this... the educational experience I'm gaining at Baker is AMAZING. Hands down, it's equal to if not superior to the experience I had at University of Alaska Anchorage. And, well, don't even get me started on the experience I had at AIU online. UGH!!!

So now it's all about adjusting to school. Hmm. Two essays every day 5 days in a row, two 3-5 page papers every week, AND.... two MORE 2-page papers with essay questions per week! I just turned in a 22 page portfolio and an annotated bibliography... I swear annotated bibliographies are the anti-art of the literary world!

That doesn't include the 200+ pages I read this week. Yep, you can say I'm a busy woman. BUT, good thing is, I'm maintaining straight A's (a 98% in Developmental Psychology, and a 91% in English Composition). Currently, I'm in week 6 (of 6) in Developmental Psychology and English Composition and about to head straight into Intermediate College Algebra (aka Trig). Loving every minute.

Anywho, I have plans to get a hold of a good graphic program like Photoshop, or MAYBE the most recent version of Paintshop Pro. Preferably free... I'm not into spending a ton of money on something until I'm better with the artwork I create. Basically, I just want something I can fine tune my skills with. Wanting to get back into photo manips (like the girl in the forest I created).

Writing will come after I adjust to schoolwork. Not that I have writers block right now, I'm just too tired to concentrate. Besides, I'm writing all these argument papers and psychology research papers. No creativity in that. I do have a partially written novel in my gallery - check it out if you're bored and like horror. It's disgusting. Don't say I didn't warn you.

I AM interested in photography, but it's going to be a long time before I can afford a decent digital camera. Wish me luck on that one. Other than artwork here are some facts about me:

Age:33
Relationship Status: Married (Happily) for 12 years
Children: 4
Education: Some College
Job / Career : full-time university student, home maker, mother.
Location: Somewhere, Alaska
Religious Views: That's personal.
Political Views: That's also personal.

That's about it. Pretty cut and dry eh? Enjoy the art, the prose, and the occasional goofy journal entry while you're here.

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A writer.
A creator of prose, poetry, short stories, novellas, novels.
A composer of spoken/read lyrics.
An essayist.

The artistic endeavor with which I work now has been
birthed from the tedious rewarding tenure of a 24/7 Mother,
wife, home-school instructor, student. In me
was born an artist of text and language; evoking
emotions and mental images not likely to leave your
mind or memory, at least, any time soon. My focus is
horror fiction.



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As time went by I pursued other interests, usually within the home... artwork, homeschooling all four of my kids, and taking care of my live-in elderly Mother-in-law. Beauty was found in everyday things but more so in artwork and prose.

Now that my children are older, and I'm no longer tied down with diaper duty, sleepless nights, and the overall insanity of bringing up four very young kids, I've reawakened my ability to write. The horror genre has become my new forte, with a rhythm in poetry as well.

My goals are to self-publish my first short story, on my own website, during the next 8 weeks. (Soon to be up and running as soon as , my husband and partner in literary bliss, gets it presentable.) Further down the road, I'll be pursuing self-publishing, possibly submitting my works to publishers until .. well.. until I'm published.

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Advanced critique is welcome.

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Short Stories
Novels
Novellas
Poetry

Look for my first short story on September 28th, 2008. Until then, I'll be submitting poetry and essays. As you will see, my long fiction works will be displayed in the gallery here as a "short work"... meaning only a portion of the novel will be viewable. Then, should you enjoy what you see, a link will be provided to my own website where the work in full will be available for free download in an ebook format.

A max of one novel/novella/short story will be submitted per two to four months. Poetry will be submitted at a max of one poem every four days. I'm a firm believer that shoving a ton of my work down your throats in one jam-packed session of text is not the best way to demonstrate my literature.


Advanced Critique is welcome.

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Advanced critique is highly valued.

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- My beloved Husband, Friend, Partner in Life and such.
- My Mother, she who threw away my very first literary work, which was a novel in development. She inspired me by doing this because her action made me want to pursue my talents even more-so.
- My Choir teacher, Mrs. Marsha Borovicka. This woman inspired me to do great things and to put my utmost into everything I attempt.
- Stephen King, educator, author, father, husband to a wonderful woman who is also an author, his works and knowledge have likewise inspired me to do great things.
- :iconnoafecks: Justin, my best friend of 8 years, and many more years to come. Sometimes, I think he's the little brother I never had.
- My children, their creativity and lust for life is such a huge motivating influence.
- Steve Dahl, composer, friend, alumni. He was always the "work-a-holic" student in my choir, one of the few "guys" I actually talked to. He is a talented, goal-oriented, driven individual, and his music is just beautiful, to say the least.

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