I am a former features writer and music critic for an AAA-class daily newspaper in Texas. During my tenure at the Amarillo Globe-News, I won a first place Associated Press Managing Editor's award for Comment and Criticism, a first place APME in Feature Series, and an honorable mention APME in Short Features. My articles and columns are archived on the Globe-News website at: www.amarillo.com

Currently, I am an inner-city middle school and high school English teacher. I teach seventh grade during the day and in a credit-recovery program in high school at night. Additionally, I teach a spiritual writing class and mentor young writers in my city. Also, I am one of my school district's staff development trainers in using the writing process in public school.

I have a loving partner, three way-way-above-average children, and two obedience-school-drop-out dogs.

My passion is ...

writing

I know too much about ...

made-in-house convenience store burritos

My parents always told me ...

"What're all these charges on the phone bill?"

My childhood ambition ...

to be the leader of my own paramilitary group

My favorite memory ...

seeing that everyone was fat and bald at my high school reunion

Why I write ...

to quiet the voices in my head :)

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

the hum inside my brain

My first job ...

short order cook at a bowling alley

My best moment ...

letting Oprah Winfrey put her feet on me during an interview

My inspiration ...

bill collectors - they are also my motivation

Relationships & Family > Gay & Lesbian Issues The importance of "coming out" and the difference it makes

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I wonder if he wonders if it was the karate gi he gave me instead of the hair bows he gave my sister. Or the hysterical crying when I found out the Hot Wheels set was not for me that Christmas. Maybe the Dallas Cowboy football uniform I circled in the Sears Catalog for my wish list. Maybe someone couldve tapped him on the shoulder all those years ago and said, "Um, your niece, the one who wont take off your Army fatigues and collects football cards? Total lesbian, dude." I don't think anyone ever said that, but I know my Uncle Ronnie was one of the first members of my family to support me ...

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