: About Me

Born into a family of poets, authors, sportswriters, inventors and business owners, New England based, Christine Whitmarsh set out early in life on a similarly innovative path of creative writing, music and journalism. Along the way that path branched out to a short-lived career as a registered nurse where Christine picked up management and problem solving skills that would eventually serve her well as a business owner.

In 2003, Christine founded Christine, Ink, a national full service writing firm serving individuals and businesses everywhere, with a targeted focus in Southern California. As the firm's owner, Christine enjoys working with valued corporate clients in a variety of industries. Some of Christine, Ink's writing services include website copywriting, marketing collateral copy, book ghostwriting, technical writing, press releases and screenplays. In addition to her duties as president of her company Christine is a widely published journalist, classical flutist, author and filmmaker.

In 2005 Christine was hired by director Jack Piandaryan of Piandaryan Films to script doctor, cast and produce his feature film "The Parallel". The drama features a cast of up and coming young stars and an equally exciting soundtrack featuring a variety of emerging bands and artists.

Christine's personal mission in life and for her company is to rekindle a universal passion for the written word and language. To support this mission in 2006 she created "Words the Movement". One of the movement's primary goals is to spark a passion for words, especially written language, in young people. The movement has thus far been successfully, gaining a following on MySpace. The movement quickly expanded into The Word Shoppe , an online store stocked with apparel and gifts all dedicate to freedom of speech and the power of words to affect positive change in the world. Christine's first book, "One Citizen's Words" was published in February 2007.

My passion is ...

words.

I know too much about ...

the human body.

My parents always told me ...

do the job 100% or don't do it at all.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be famous.

My favorite memory ...

is expendable.

Why I write ...

writing is not optional.

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

my latest passion is Kurt Vonnegut.

My first job ...

office clerk at a place that sold doors and canoes. Don't ask me what the connection is between a door and a canoe!

My best moment ...

seems really similar to my favorite memory.

My inspiration ...

has always been, is and will always be my mother.

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