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About Me

You can usually find me with my nose buried deep in a new book every other week. I'm a book whore and am loyal to no one genre...hey this agnostic enjoys Francine Rivers who is a christian writer. Writing is something I feel I must do and have done so since I was old enough to hold a pencil. I communicate better with the written word than spoken word..ask my hubby who has drawers full of letters. Right now I'm on a memoir kick and just finished reading both Augusten Burroughs' books (Running w/ Scissors and Dry), Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown, Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis, Darkness Visible by William Styron and many others. I'm finally going after my dream of becoming a published author and am relocating to the NYC area in the near future (pending job!!!). I am originally from NY and have always felt NYC was THE city to live for writers. Hope to network with other writers in the NYC area and can't wait to start this new chapter of our life! retro layout @ HOT FreeLayouts.com
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My Interests

Reading, writing, painting, watching my girls dance and sing, spending time with my husband, walking in the rain and noticing the little things in life like the early morning dew drops on the grass.

I'd like to meet:

Joyce Carol Oates, Carolyn See, Anne Lamott, Augusten Burroughs,Gabriel Garcia Marquez, William Styron(RIP), Stephen King...pretty much all writers both well known & unknown...All creative people who make their own rules and cannot stand working in a structured environment...people who risked it all to make their dreams come true...people who dare to ask, WHY???

Music:

Music is a huge part of me! Pretty much everything I write is done while listening to music. I love Everything and Anything in between.....Even some Country!! Hell, I sing along to commercials so anything with a good tune I'll dig. My iPod is filled with songs from Britney Spears to Cannibal Corpse. I also love discovering unsigned bands on MySpace. That's one of the best features.

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Movies:

To the Lighthouse, The Exorcist, On Golden Pond, Mr. Smith goes to Washington, Fight Club, Sylvia..list could go on and on..I love movies as long as there is an actual story and not just fluff and crap...

Television:

I don't watch too much television anymore (once people started eating live insects and lighting each other on fire for money, TV lost its appeal) but if I do, its pretty much cable only..Real Time, Sex & The City, Discovery Health, Six Feet Under, Dexter, Carnival, VH1 and sometimes the Style Network.

Books:

Like my music, I love all types of books. Way too many to list but some of my favorite writers include Anne Lamott, William Styron, Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, Franz Kafka, Anton Chekhov, William Blake, Anne Sebold, Jane Green, Augusten Burroughs, Joyce Carol Oates, and many many more. I'm a literary nerd who will practically read anything once. I'm the type that reads the shampoo bottles while using the bathroom...

Heroes:

I bear no false idols....but if I had to choose, I would have to say anyone who started with nothing in life and worked hard to succeed in life at their chosen path and/or goals. Examples would be Oprah, Madonna, Bill Clinton...etc...If you are one of those people I admire you as well.

My Blog

Scary

Man, never realized how scary it is planning such a change in life! 11 years ago, I would have just packed up and left...hell I did it at 22 leaving NY and coming to CA knowing nobody, having no...
Posted by Kate on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:16:00 PST

Darfur

During class tonight our assignment was to present a moral issue and ask the class for their input. One student presented the Darfur situation. What really shocked me was the lack of knowl...
Posted by Kate on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:29:00 PST

Victoria

Victoria turned 10 today and I am officially OLD! No, just kidding but I feel like life is just flying by. I swear it was just yesterday that I took that EPT test thinking, no way am I pre...
Posted by Kate on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:28:00 PST

NYC

Well, that settles it. I truly married one of the good guys. My husband has been by my side since the beginning of my journey towards graduating college and now that dream is about to fina...
Posted by Kate on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 08:23:00 PST

God

My niece gave me a book to read called, "Redeeming Love". She said it reminded her of me and the pain I experienced as a child and young adult. I read the book from cover to cover in 3 days and ...
Posted by Kate on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:45:00 PST

Home

Well, I'm home after spending a night in the hospital. Being sick really STINKS!! After a night of serious antibiotics and pain killers pumped into me, I am starting to feel like myself ag...
Posted by Kate on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:26:00 PST

WARNING

I am never eating in a restaurant again!! Of all the people in all of America...why oh why am I one of the 100 or so to get e.coli? Actually, I am kind of lucky because I got a related str...
Posted by Kate on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:29:00 PST

911

This may sound extra corney but this past "anniversary" of 911 really made me homesick. I miss NYC sooooo much. I never planned on staying in Los Angeles, simply came out for a vacation bu...
Posted by Kate on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:33:00 PST

Birthday

My baby turned 7 years old today. I just can't believe its been 7 years since we were blessed with our little miracle baby. I call her a miracle baby because we have learned so much from E...
Posted by Kate on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 10:03:00 PST

Katrina

Just watched the Spike Lee documentary on Katrina and I must say while it was enlightening on some information (Condoleza Rice out shoe shopping the day after and then playing tennis the next day) I j...
Posted by Kate on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 01:20:00 PST