: About Me

I'm a mother, raising a teenager in the Colorado Rockies. I love writing, and kept journals while I raised my daughter. Now, I'm writing for publications as she gets set for college. I hope my writing will inspire others to creative thought and action.

My passion is ...

Motherhood, and ending hunger and suffering, for people and animals

I know too much about ...

domestic violence

My parents always told me ...

Don't be afraid to be different. (thank you)

My childhood ambition ...

To be a writer and photographer.

My favorite memory ...

My daughter playing in a creek in Rocky Mountain National Park...

Why I write ...

It makes me happy.

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

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi, Webs of Power by Starhawk and Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich

My first job ...

Farm work and babysitting...

My best moment ...

Watching my daughter throw a benefit, at 14.

My inspiration ...

My grandmother and mother, lovers of the written word.

Arts & Humanities > Internet Writing & Blogging Is using an academic ghost writer dishonest?

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Academic 'ghost-writing' is an oxymoron. You have a strong contradiction of terms here. Academic is a title gained by work that is relentlessly flawless in its precision and brilliance. 'Ghost-writing' on the other hand, is something people do simply for money. I have appreciated the benefits of good academic pursuit and those who hold it dear. I have honed skills and thought about topics until my brain simply hurt. I have benefited immensely from these endeavors. I have watched other students struggle to gain a skillful use of the English language and express their brilliance within its r...

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