: About Me

I like truth. I like raw, edgy, satirical, heart warming and inspirational writing. Brain, Child mag is an example. I admire Anne Lamott's voice, Bombeck, Kingsolver. I usually read non-fiction, religion, inspiration, biographies, humor, transformational wisdom, natural health etc. But I need a GREAT fiction once in a while. Too much reality can be too much.

I love to be surprised by someone's candor and vulnerability, even shocked, as long as it's real.

I started as a sort of sad tween, writing my thoughts and feelings through poetry. Essay writing is my favorite genre, although I write/publish features/articles as well.

I wrote about my feelings during post-partum depression and my experience of being a full time at mom (grateful but hated it). I love gift writing to my friends and family. Spirituality and grace really move me.

I used to be a marketing professional now I'm a writer. Writing for me is therapy, healing and necessary. It's a discipline to learn the craft, to get published, to market yourself, to improve. It's hard work but it's such good work.

:)) Laura

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent - Eleanor Roosevelt.

My passion is ...

family, truth, food/wine, travel, natural healing, my Pug

I know too much about ...

natural medicine/nutraceuticals

My parents always told me ...

embrace new worlds/cultures/foods..they loved me.

My childhood ambition ...

To be happier. It worked.

My favorite memory ...

getting pregnant after infertility intervention..my child

Why I write ...

reveal truth, healing, hope, therapy, a disciplined career

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

Woman in Charge (H. Clinton bio), I Hate My Neck (Bombeck), health magazines

My first job ...

sorting IBM computer cards for family friend, 8 years old.

My best moment ...

can't pick,many. Noticing that my daughter is amazing.

My inspiration ...

God/Jesus, my husband, my step-mother, my child. People who pick themselves up after tragedy

Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Self reflection

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Spatial Relations. I'm so directionally challenged that even my soft spoken GPS lady can tick me off and steer me wrong, and she's programmed for a high rate of user success. I walk in circles looking for my car in crowded parking lots. I take wrong turns on streets I've traveled for decades. But the upside to getting chronically lost is I've learned to be less self-conscious about such trivial failings. The truth is, no one really cares much that I'm bumbling around the mall parking lot looking confused, unless I want them to care. And if I want them to care, I just ask for help. I've dec...

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