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Hello, All,

Like so many I'm sure, I've been writing since I learned the alphabet. I'm a hip hop artist, so much of my writing up to this point has been heard, not read. I've also been blogging for over a decade, with a hiatus somewhere in that time frame, which recently came to an end. Wrote my first book and published it last month, and I've got lots of different interests. Professionally, I'm an online educator, so I wrote a guide book for a popular learning management system. One of my blogs focuses on politics, another on beer and homebrewing, and a third that focuses on education as the blog for my education services company. I have lots of different ideas for books, and see my future truth being wide open in the literature world, writing everything from children's books (multiple in the works) to history books for young readers to non-fiction for adults.

My favorite authors are Chris Hedges, Ralph Nader, Roald Dahl, Gary Paulsen, Ray Bradbury and Bill Bryson. As a history teacher, my favorite book would probably be Uncle Tom's Cabin...I can still hear Aunt Chloe.

I'm a frequent forum contributor to HomeBrewTalk, and look forward to contributing just as much here. Thanks for reading!
 

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This is a lot great information. Thanks for providing it! I'm definitely going to check out the "Writing Exercises" page later today. Sounds fun.

Thanks again!
 

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:welcome:, Whitestone. World class intro. Teachers are terrific and make a difference. :greenie
 

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Hello, Whitesstone22,

That is so cool that you're a hip hop artist and a history teacher (class sounds like it would be fun). I haven't written as much as you and I'm fairly new at it. The diversity of what you do really stands out showing that we don't have to be tied down to just one topic.
 

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Welcome, Whitestone.

I once brewed a batch of Russian Imperial Stout that was phenomenal.

Sadly, I was pregnant at the time so my husband got to drink it.
 

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Chris Hedges' War is Force that gives us Meaning still stands out to me as one of my favorite pieces of non-fiction.
 

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Cool introduction. You seem to have many strings to your bow. I look forward to seeing them. Pleased to meet you.