: About Me

Ann Mc Donough:

Born in Haiti I became a Canadian Citizen. My residence is presently within the province of Quebec. Canada is a varied and exceptionally interesting country. Life is not visibly easy in this nation but we are grateful for the intensity and aspiration of the land.

I have been writing since the age of twelve. I begun simply by keeping a notebook. Which slowly became a diary. A few years into university I decided to simply destroy it. It took many years later to re-structure that work. For as an independent artist and writer it is extremely difficult to believe in yourself.

My first work was an English book of poetry but I also write in French. My second book was a research study on spiritualism, the personality, and the human soul. At the time I was a young adult. One of my philosophy teachers asked me if I ever thought about God? I did not really have an answer to his question. God is a very big idea. Through my philosophical inquiry I forced myself to capture and to understand the equilibrium between good and evil.

I understood very soon that life and emotions are very complicated. It is therefore important to structure our emotions to define our intensity. This is the reason pertaining to my desire to continue to write.

Writing is my sense of equilibrium. It reveals to me the importance of freedom and it is a constant liberation from human failures. It is a sensitive and sensible gift. It requires constant research, continual investigations, a pursuit of happiness and of knowledge. It is therefore labour intensive.

Like all writers the objective remains publication and the ability to share ideas, thoughts, feelings, and certain types of emotions with other individuals.

My passion is ...

My family, arts, information technology, sports, & dance

I know too much about ...

political motivations

My parents always told me ...

to stand up and be respected as an inter-dependent woman

My childhood ambition ...

very young while in Haiti to become a doctor, later a writer

My favorite memory ...

the sea, the birth of my children, falling in love

Why I write ...

It is the capacity to not remain a slave to what is ordinary to rise to the level of ideas or ideologies.

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

I read many articles presently on business management, IT management, and on international markets

My first job ...

Technical Writer for an Accounting firm

My best moment ...

When I am able to fully relax and do nothing for a few hours.

My inspiration ...

to combine my multi-disciplinary learnings and skills to balance things out.

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