[Grovenet] Re: writers & writing

[JBlair2154 at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/3/2006 2:02:22 PM Central Daylight Time,  
grovenet-request at rdrop.com writes:

this  
area has a large and thriving writing  community.



Thank you, Michael, for the info. My daughter is also interested in  writing, 
so I'll pass this along to her. 
By way of introducing myself more to all of you, I'll mention a few  
biographical facts. Jen is our only child, single, works in L.A. helping produce  
motion pictures. It was while spending a year in Portland on location for "The  
Hunted" that she fell in love with that city. She joined her dad in Washington  
state during his fishing vacation last summer and the two of them were 
chatting  about how wonderful it would be for all three of us to live in the Pacific  
Northwest...an area which had been in my fantasies ever since we drove down 
the  coast in 1974. She hopes to move in another year or two. Jack retires from 
his  civilian job next year, which will also give us some freedom.
I had to retire a few years early from my salaried job, due to some  
disabilities from MS, and I've been busy with personal projects. The first part  of my 
career was in magazine editing and writing, the last 20 years or so in  
advertising and public relations copywriting.
Now I mostly write emails (smile) and sometime help out friends,  usually for 
free...such as contributing to two books about MS.
 
Joy