Hi my name is Valerie and I have always loved to read and to write.
My main motivation for joining this group is to try and improve my writing with an ultimate goal of eventually writing something good enough to submit to the Writers of the Future Contest. I first learned of it when I was 11 or 12 and have dreamed of entering. Why haven’t I?
Fear of someone other than myself reading my work and lack of confidence.
I love the Writing Excuses podcast so this group seems like a good fit.
outside of writing I am horribly dyslexic and so my forum posts will be littered with typos and such (I promise I do better with my writing as I use text to speech and other tricks to self edit that I just don’t bother to do with forum posts.)
I’m a mom of two girls and a physical therapist with a speciality in orthopedics and currently working in a second in pelvic health.
as far as autors I love, there is Lois Mcmaster Bujold). Jane Austin, Brandon Sanderson (of course), Molly Harper, Gail Carson Levine, and about a bazillion others. I read about 2-3 books a week, easy. I don’t like horror, especially torture porn type stuff. But can read and enjoy just about anything else.
That’s probably a good overview!
