Saturday, May 26, 2007
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1st place winner, IWPA Communications Contest, 2007 (for 2006 writing): Web Writing, Personal
About Me
- seniorwriter
- I live on the thirty-fifth floor of a senior highrise on Chicago's Gold Coast. I retired in 1999 after 40 years in the English Department of Wilbur Wright College, on Chicago's Northwest Side, where I was department chair for 7 years and Wright's Distinguished Service Professor for 1995-96. In late 2005, I found myself retired, widowed, 73, and depressed, so I set out to find contentment through reflection and writing. My first published book, Reinventing Myself: Memoirs of a Retired Professor, is a series of personal essays recounting that quest and some of the experiences that came before it. My second is Seniorwriting: A Brief Guide for Seniors Who Want to Write. My third is poetry, Elder Expectations: My Life in Rictameters. My writing also includes a column for eGenerations.com. I advocate writing for everyone, and hope to encourage my fellow senior citizens to write. I am a member of the Illinois Woman's Press Association, The National Federation of Press Women, The Story Circle Network, The Authors Marketing Group, and the Chicago Writers Associaion and a volunteer at the Chicago Cultural Center. Please comment on my posts!
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2 comments:
Hi Marlys,
Thanks for the post.
I'm not sure I'd describe my blog as 'fascinating' [unless, of course you are doing a thesis on paranoia or delusional behaviour!!].
I started blogging last year as a sort of catharsis, but the darn thing seems to have developed a life of its own. Nothing I write comes out quite as I expect it to.
Strange.
Grandad
Thanks for your comment, Grandad. I, too, started blogging last year, and interest keeps growing (although I've not been featured on TV, as you have). My blog is more serious (I guess I'm a serious person), but I love writing it. And I do have a sense of humor!
Marlys
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