Hi, I'm Nawlins, another newb introducing herself as suggested but Lawd, I hate introducing myself... Here goes.
In my former life, I am a veteran teacher (22 years) of reading/English/lit to students in an inner-city school and a certified learning therapist specializing in reading disabilities and ADD. I left teaching when I had an accident which impaired my mobility; things happen fast in a classroom and a teacher who can't cross the room in a hurry is at a severe disadvantage (and so are her students).
Over the years, I have had two non-fiction books (spirituality and psychism) accepted for pub by a brick-and-mortar publishing house and more articles and self-pub'd ebooks than I can count.
I do love fiction, though, and am sorely tempted to try my hand at it.
In other areas, I love animals, cooking, really old movies, nature, angels, and music. I tend to be easy going (facing a class of kids, some of whom are armed, makes calmness an asset, lol) and somewhat open-minded and pacifist in most circumstances.
I believe that:
-humor makes everything better
-there is always more to celebrate than to curse
-making yummy noises burns off the calories in cheesecake
-the last cookie is always mine
ETA: I think this would have been easier and less wordy had I read some other intros first, but c'est la vie.
In my former life, I am a veteran teacher (22 years) of reading/English/lit to students in an inner-city school and a certified learning therapist specializing in reading disabilities and ADD. I left teaching when I had an accident which impaired my mobility; things happen fast in a classroom and a teacher who can't cross the room in a hurry is at a severe disadvantage (and so are her students).
Over the years, I have had two non-fiction books (spirituality and psychism) accepted for pub by a brick-and-mortar publishing house and more articles and self-pub'd ebooks than I can count.
I do love fiction, though, and am sorely tempted to try my hand at it.
In other areas, I love animals, cooking, really old movies, nature, angels, and music. I tend to be easy going (facing a class of kids, some of whom are armed, makes calmness an asset, lol) and somewhat open-minded and pacifist in most circumstances.
I believe that:
-humor makes everything better
-there is always more to celebrate than to curse
-making yummy noises burns off the calories in cheesecake
-the last cookie is always mine
ETA: I think this would have been easier and less wordy had I read some other intros first, but c'est la vie.
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