: About Me

I have been writing stories and poems since first grade. I added articles and novels to the mix in high school. I love the magic that the joining of words and imagination can conjure.

I have an Associate's Degree in computer programming from Bryan College, a Bachelor's Degree in English from Indiana University - Bloomington, and in December, 2011, I completed a Masters' Degree in Liberal Studies with a concentration in English from Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS.  

I have published one historical romance novel, "The Rogue's Revenge", with Awe-Struck Ebooks, and I have written many articles, mostly about history, for both print newsletters and websites. I am working on other novels.

From 1998 to 2001, I was a personnel clerk at Ft. Dix, NJ. Before that, I spent twenty years as a military wife and stay-at-home mother, following my soldier from duty station to duty station. During the seventies, I worked as an enumerator/office enumerator for R.L. Polk & Co., making city directories. I collected information for the directories, either door to door or by telephone.

Currently, I am an online English Composition instructor for Bryan College in Springfield, Missouri. I have taught Critical Thinking and Technical Writiing as well. I have been teaching in the online environment since 2006.

I also run a primarily web-based jewelry business, the Vault of Valhalla , with my husband, Vince, who is an attorney and metal caster. He creates medieval Norse, Celtic, and Anglo-Saxon jewelry. I run the business and webdesign side of the venture, dealing with customers and keeping the paperwork current.

I am a member of a medieval re-enactment organization, the Society for Creative Anachronism. In addition to my legal name, Lucy E. Zahnle, I have written newsletter articles for the Society under the pen names, Dulcibella de Chateaurien and Lady Dulcibella de Chateaurien.

My passion is ...

Writing and teaching others to write

I know too much about ...

Grammar and punctuation. I drive my students crazy!

My parents always told me ...

To be strong and follow my dreams

My childhood ambition ...

To be Zorro! Or maybe Robin Hood... I still haven't decided!

My favorite memory ...

My wedding day

Why I write ...

To entertain, to inform, to tell a good story, to inspire

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

A historical romance novel/Remington Steele/Folk music

My first job ...

Office worker

My best moment ...

When I heard that first strong infant's cry at the birth of each of my four children

My inspiration ...

My husband

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