Hello! I am a "Golden Girl" living in Northwest Washington State, whose penchant for paper and pencils was handed down to me from my mother. All through my school years I wrote stories, poems, reports and the like, mostly for extra credit.
In the early 1980s, I wrote articles for magazines, a trade paper and an organization membership paper. That led to self-publishing two Swedish-interest books and a couple of small business how-to books, beginning in 1986.
I draw, I write. I'm active in the local Writers League, and participate weekly in one of their critique groups. In the fall of 2009, as self-imposed therapy, I started writing about my years married to a man with Type I diabetes, not always in control. The writing proved to be cathartic, and eventually turned into creative nonfiction. You can read that work-in-progress on Wordpress or This Website Thanks to my writers league associates, I discovered I could write and illustrate for children as well, and have two Kindle eBooks available now in that genre. (see "UPDATES" column)
I dabble in music, fine art painting, whimsical illustration, Web site construction and keep up with my high school classmates. I'm old enough now to know how swiftly life flows by and to understand, as Josh Groban sings so beautifully, "a breath away's not far to where you are." God has been and is my power and strength. May He bless you this day, and always. ~Helen~
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