I'm also a tour guide at the Emily Dickinson Museum.Īfter thirty years of professional experience - editing, writing, and publishing, I still love working with words. My latest projects have taught me even more about Greek goddesses, Emily Dickinson, and African elephants. When I'm not writing, I lead writing workshops for children and adults and edit the work of other authors. I live in the woods of western Massachusetts where hawks soar and owls glide and the sunlight dapples the forest floor. When I discovered that there was a time on Earth when women and girls were considered sacred, I wrote a book about goddesses from many cultures so girls would know about the powers that have been attributed to female deities from prehistoric times till now. When I found out that Emily Dickinson had a playful relationship with the children in her life, I wrote a middle grade verse novel about her inviting them to meet her at midnight to watch the circus train arrive in town. I write about topics I want other people to know about. My favorite book was (and still is) the dictionary. My favorite place was the school library, where I read everything on Greek mythology. I began collecting words as a child: night words, flight words, colors, textures, water words, even contractions.
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