: About Me

Just a small town girl... Living in a lonely world...
Just kidding, but seriously I am from a small town. I've always wanted to write professionally, but so far have had little success. It seems like every place I find wants "experience". What ever happened to hiring fresh meat and training them? Sigh... I don't write because I want to (even though I do want to)... I write because I have to. Fellow writers will understand this. I have thoughts and ideas that have to come out of my head or it will explode. So I write. And I love every minute of it.

My passion is ...

writing

I know too much about ...

weird things

My parents always told me ...

I could be whatever I wanted

My childhood ambition ...

was to be an author

My favorite memory ...

is of our trailer when I was little and had no cares

Why I write ...

because I have to

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

reading wicked, watching and listening to the world around me

My first job ...

was at a grocery store bagging groceries and retrieving carts from the lot

My best moment ...

was when I got published in my college's literary magazine

My inspiration ...

is everyone who follows their dreams and ignores the rest

Pets & Animals > Dog Care & Health Dog safety tips: Poisons that threaten a dog

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You go out to dinner one evening, and afterward you pop a piece of mint gum into your mouth to freshen your breath. Upon arriving home, Fido won't quit sniffing and licking you, likely due to the minty fresh smell. So you give in, take the gum from your mouth, and give it to your furry friend. No harm, right? WRONG! It's no secret that dogs like minty treats; the secret is in the fact that this may KILL your pet. Now of course gum isn't the best thing for a dog in the first place, but if you have to give gum to your dog, please heed this warning: Make sure the gum and or mints that you giv...

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