: About Me

I love to write!

Years ago, my literature teachers in Germany put down the basics for the aspirations I have as a writer today. Back then, I liked what I wrote, but I just did it because I had to - for school. Teenagers - you know!

I wrote a lot of my experiences into a journal - on and off - for years... I own tons of scraps of paper filled with ink telling my journey through life... some poems made it to a certain website and got published... not much else happened for a while.

Finally, I officially realized that I really am a writer at heart. I discovered Helium.com on-line and found it to be most rewarding! People seem to like my articles, several were bought by magazines and Helium has made me a Marketplace Approved Writer. I love it!

I wrote through childhood, my teenage years, travel, many hardships, bearing and raising my children well despite a failing marriage and divorce - and all of these things led me to put my emotions, experiences and knowledge on paper.

I just love to read and research and draw inspiration from every bit of information I can gather; whether that is a text, a picture, an environment or an emotion caused by what I experience. I read a plethora of books, magazines and articles on the Internet. Furthermore, I like listening to audio books. After indulging the 'best' of Zig Ziglar, the famous motivational speaker, on audio disk, I am always enrolled in "automobile university" - the ultimate opportunity for a long-distance commuter like me to learn a bit more whenever I get into to mood to expand my mind - and into my car!

When you get to know me you'll realize, that I am a person who thoroughly enjoys reading, surfing the Internet, music, drawing, movies, crafts , the fine arts, motorcycling, traveling, camping and the outdoors. I have too many other interests to list here, but I also like tattoos, tattooing, going fishing and gold-prospecting, or I might show you how to make soy candles and natural soap, just to name a few! I am at my best when I can fidget around and multi-task. And whenever the sense of adventure grips me - I write about all of those things - even while actually doing or experiencing them. I also have an affinity for controversial ideas, even conspiracy theories. I'll write about events of political interest as much as about "God and the world"! And when emotions take over, they'll usually lead to a great piece of poetry.

I guess I am eclectic when it comes to article titles. I write about whatever inspires and challenges me!

Pen and paper are my constant companions, along with my cell phone, a 'Jott.com' subscription for those thoughts that leave as fast as they come (often without being jotted down), and a voice recorder for little self-talks' on things that I want to put down on paper later.

Like Naomi Rhode, former president of the National Speakers Association, said: "They say, intelligent people keep a pen and paper handy at all times' - I just keep it close by, in case it might help the intelligence ;-)!" I couldn't agree more!

Well, that's me!

My passion is ...

...reading and writing.

I know too much about ...

...nothing! - Rather, I can't ever learn enough!

My parents always told me ...

...to put my book down and get to work!

My childhood ambition ...

...was to become a veterinarian, surprisingly the same thing my daughter wants to be when she grows up.

My favorite memory ...

Baking Christmas cookies with my German Grandma!

Why I write ...

I can't possibly let all those creative thoughts go to waste I have to write them down to express myself, to stay sane and to help others with my knowledge!

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I am eclectic. My library include books like the Holy Bible, the 50th Anniversary Edition of Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" and all kinds of books about the mysteries of science. Every so often I seek inspiration in the "Chicken Soup" books by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen. Actually, I am reading all the time (in books, magazines and on the Internet) about everything that interests me from Astronomy over Geology over Psychology and Science to Zoology.

My first job ...

...was being a relief mail carrier for 5 weeks during one summer break and a waitress and kitchen help at an outdoor castle Museum in Germany the following year. My first real job, however, was being a bakery help and cashier - lame compared to what came later!

My best moment ...

... happens whenever I discover another great talent in myself, especially if I am able to share it! God has blessed me with abundance!

My inspiration ...

...is drawn from great stories, people, nature, holidays, news or simple words or feelings - pretty much everything. The little things are what counts in life!

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Writing is an obsession for me. Every so often it grips my heart and the thoughts start flowing from my fingers like water streams down from a waterfall. I just have to keep moving; nothing can stop me. Obstacles cause me to go into a new direction, downfalls make me tumble upside down and see things from a new perspective. I twist and turn in playful observation of life, like I do in utmost agony when I see death. I understand and I accept, like water that conforms to any shape. My thoughts travel from place to place, just like water, which can be carried in any container; I discover new ...

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