justBetsy
- Age:
- 59
- Location:
- Damascus MD
- Hobbies:
- painting, poetry
- Favorite noveling music:
- instrumentals or foreign language--otherwise the words are distracting when I'm trying to write
- Website:
- http://brws.com
- Occupation:
- Federal Program Manager
- Favorite books or authors:
- Sacrifice, Club Dead, Number of the Beast, Dragonsong, The Murder Book, Andrew Vachss, Charlaine Harris, Robert Heinlein, Anne McCaffrey, Jonathan Kellerman
Author bio:
I've always written, first for fun, then for work, and now I'm doing it for fun again. 2011 is my third NaNoWriMo, and I hope, my third win. I've published poetry, essays, technical papers, etc. for a long time. Doing fiction is rather new. I published my first book this year, an illustrated fable about relationships and overcoming loneliness -- The Comet. (Did I mention I'm also an artist?) I blog ( http://brws.com/wordpress/ ), occasionally tweet (@BetsyARiley), author a number of websites, and am active on several forums (as "justBetsy"). I belong to the Maryland Writers Association (the new Carroll County Chapter) and the Eldersburg critique group. I enjoy wiritng flash fiction short stories and regularly participate in the Aspiring Writers contests on LinkedIn. Write on!
p.s. In my day job I work with the smartest scientists and fastest supercomputers in the world--we really ARE making the world a better place through research.
