Hello! I was all ready to start my first assignment, but I got sucked into reading everyone’s intros. Such great variety! My name is Heather and I live in northern NJ. I have been married 17years as of this past weekend and have 4kids ages 4-11. I work part time in pharma sales and head up our church’s children’s ministry. Any free time finds me hiking, snowboarding, and competiting in triathlon.

Just this past year I decided to become more serious about writing so I, of course, started a blog. I have really enjoyed writing for it and a few other venues and am ready to take my writing to the next level. I’m really looking forward to this and interacting with everyone!

My blog is http://www.7feetnorth.com

Hello everyone,

My name is Eric Bishop. I live in a small town in northeastern Arizona (think pine trees and snow, not desert and cacti). I work at a college as a technology administrator (CIO) and also teach Web Application Development for Boston University’s Graduate program.

I am taking this course as an exercise to focus me on my newfound interest in writing and to learn more about the other aspects associated with this craft.

If you are interested you can learn more about me by visiting my home page at ericbishop.com

I just started blogging a few weeks ago at: endyourday.com

You can also find me on twitter at @endyourday

I wish you all the best and hope to collaborate and make some online friends in addition to learning the course material.

Thanks,

Eric

Hey!

My name is Deanna, and I live in Charlotte, North Carolina. I’m still trying to figure out what kind of writer I want to be (journalist, freelancer, web writer)… but I do know I love writing fiction. And about video games. Because of Jeff, I started my first blog (www.deannawriter.com) and am hardcore-ready to learn how to improve my writing and recruit followers.

So happy to be a part of this community!

Writer….one who writers…..Wordsmith…..one who mines for the precise word or phrase that extracts and depicts the accurate portrayal of all the elements stirring within the passion that is about to be conveyed.
Hi….my name is Scott. AKA, dad, gramps, jefe (pronounced hef-a) and honey-buck (`cause she’s my honey-bunny of 30 some years). We are living the dream in a small hamlet in northern California called Danville. My grandson Judah (just turned 10 months), lives right next door with his folks who are youth pastors at a local church. Judah is the 5th generation to live here in this wonderful valley called San Ramon. We own and operate a small design and build firm.My passion for designing and building runs deep. As a kid, when everyone else was reading comic books, I was reading Sunset Magazine’s “101″ Floor Plans! As an architectural designer and general contractor for the last 34 plus years, I have had numerous articles and projects published nationally.
Playing guitar, I currently accompany and some times lead praise and worship for our small congregation. My adventures have allowed me to travel most of Europe but the greatest blessings have come from participating in several short term mission trips, most notably India and Vietnam. Working with Why Not Now Ministries, I serve as advisor and architect for the rescue mission Lotus House, which is now under construction 4 hours north of Ho Chi Min City. Lotus House has been established as a home for those children lost to, and now rescued from, the sex trafficking trade in south east Asia.
I discovered writing when I returned to St Mary’s (where I got hooked on theology and philosophy) for continuing business education. But later, while on the mission trips, I wrote a “blog” of sorts and received so much positive feed back that I started to consider making something of it. My wife, family and friends keep urging me to write a book….So here I am, blessed to have been referred to this great course and eager to learn from Jeff as well as each one of you.

My business website is http://www.amarantdesign.com
My email is [email protected]
facbook is https://www.facebook.com/scott.amarant

Greetings,
I’m Valarie. I’m originally from Portland, Oregon living currently in Tennessee. If you were to ask me what I do for a living I’d tell you I’m a professor of piano and a classical composer. That was 13 years ago. When I resigned my position to raise our three children I started blogging. I wanted to capture a moment in each day, something we did creatively together so that later the kids could look back and have a collection of memories. 5 blogs, two books, and an indie publishing house later, I can happily say that each day is surrounded by words. Even with all of the above, I don’t consider myself a writer, just a piano playing mom who crafts with words. I’m enjoying this course so much and seeing things from new perspectives. I look forward to getting to know you better and participating on the forums and comment threads.

I’d love to connect:

http://www.valariebudayr.com
http://www.jumpintoabook.com

facebook: valarie budayr
twitter: bookjumper

Happy Writing,
Valarie

Hi! I’m a little late to the party . . . a trend in my life.

I write at “joyfulmombaude.com” about my journey as a wife, mother, woman in her late 40′s! It is honest and authentic. Currently, I’m writing 31 days of honesty with a bunch of other bloggers who are writing their own 31 day topics. About 17 years ago I declared myself a writer and my husband was in agreement as long as I could bring home a paycheck-so I made that happen. I took several years off when I had kids and now I’m writing for myself-and LOVING it. My writing, the blog, my life are sort of all exploding and evolving in a really cool way right now.

Hello everyone,

I am joining in from Athens, Greece. I am a 33 year old Personal Development Coach. I am quite new to paying attention to writing, seems it will be an interesting and fun journey Hope to meet some of you and learn from each other as well as Jeff.

Hello my name is Susan. I have been writing with intention for a few years. I am just not sure what my intentions are. I have been doing writing practice, working to build my muscles.I work a lot so fit the writing in around my schedule, mostly first thing in the morning and after 10:00 at night.
I live in the far eastern corner of the San Francisco bay area in a semi agricultural town. I love this land. It likes to grow food and I like to eat.