Introduce Yourself!
I want to get to know all of you better naturally, but many of you may not know each other, and you never know who could use who's services or want who's book... right? Let's try to keep to bios though, Ok? We can chat individually with people we know and meet by clicking on their profile.
So let the introductions begin!
Me first... most of you are at least familiar with me and what I do, but here goes with my bio:
Aidana WillowRaven, mother of three, trained in Fine Art, Studio Design and 2D Animation at Norfolk State and Old Dominion universities.
In her freshman year, her art placed second in a nation-wide college competition hosted by the Stockley Gardens Fall Arts Festival. First place went to a sixth year grad student.
She started designing book covers and illustrating professionally in 2007, and her first published work was a children’s book, The Adventures of Katie-Bear: Fun Days at School, which won The Author’s Lounge’s Reader’s Choice Best Children’s Cover Illustration for May 2008.
Her portfolio of covers and illustrations for books has grown since to include more children’s books and book cover designs for novels. It now contains over thirty finished published works.
Living Our Bliss: An Introduction to Sun Food was the most recent cover to win an award from Divine Revolution Magazine's Cover Design Contest in June 2008.
Her company, WillowRaven Illustration & Design Plus, has grown to include not only children’s book covers and illustrations, but also novel dust jackets (such as the one Aidana created for Midnight Hours, a newly released mystery/suspense), literary agent services, and pre-submission manuscript editing services.
Thus far, she has either designed covers, illustrated books, or negotiated contacts with such publishers as Living Waters Publishing, 4RV Publishing, and Steel Waves Publishing just to name a few.
Anyone interested in her work can view samples on her website:
www.WillowRavenIllustration.com
So let the introductions begin!
Me first... most of you are at least familiar with me and what I do, but here goes with my bio:
Aidana WillowRaven, mother of three, trained in Fine Art, Studio Design and 2D Animation at Norfolk State and Old Dominion universities.
In her freshman year, her art placed second in a nation-wide college competition hosted by the Stockley Gardens Fall Arts Festival. First place went to a sixth year grad student.
She started designing book covers and illustrating professionally in 2007, and her first published work was a children’s book, The Adventures of Katie-Bear: Fun Days at School, which won The Author’s Lounge’s Reader’s Choice Best Children’s Cover Illustration for May 2008.
Her portfolio of covers and illustrations for books has grown since to include more children’s books and book cover designs for novels. It now contains over thirty finished published works.
Living Our Bliss: An Introduction to Sun Food was the most recent cover to win an award from Divine Revolution Magazine's Cover Design Contest in June 2008.
Her company, WillowRaven Illustration & Design Plus, has grown to include not only children’s book covers and illustrations, but also novel dust jackets (such as the one Aidana created for Midnight Hours, a newly released mystery/suspense), literary agent services, and pre-submission manuscript editing services.
Thus far, she has either designed covers, illustrated books, or negotiated contacts with such publishers as Living Waters Publishing, 4RV Publishing, and Steel Waves Publishing just to name a few.
Anyone interested in her work can view samples on her website:
www.WillowRavenIllustration.com
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Permalink Reply by Marla Fair on -
Marla again. Not sure how to add something to what I already posted, so I am adding a PS. Here are my websites. Please take a look!
http://www.marlafair.com
http://a-writersgroup.com
http://www.lady-faye.blogspot.com
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Permalink Reply by Liviu on -
Hi Everyone,
My name is Liviu -- Romanian, in case you're wondering -- and I live in Orlando, Florida, with my wife Anca and my 7 year old Anna. I'm a PhD in Electrical Engineering and I develop embedded algorithms for video processing. If you're asking what am I doing here, that's a very good question. It so happened that Anna and I wrote a poem based on a dream she had. The original dream was quite bloody, so we had to change things here and there. Anyway, Aidana thought it could make a good children's book and I guess that almost makes me a writer.
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Permalink Reply by WC Hartline on -
WC Hartline’s newest work, Ruby Robberies, is the second in the series, detailing lead character Robert Bozeman's journey into the world of black market “stones” and international crime. Hartline has again tapped into his knowledge of jewelry and his military experience to create a world of spies, gem trafficking and double agents in this classic (young reader-friendly) mystery that will have everyone guessing.
Hartline’s writings are somewhat autobiographical. “There are pieces of my experiences in the book, but I’d like it to remain speculative. I sought to marry my knowledge of the precious stone trade with my understanding of the Intelligence arm of the military.”
Hartline served eight years in the Signal Corps. After serving on active duty, he worked with the National Guard receiving several Army Commendation Medals for his performance. Along the way, he earned his Desert Storm Ribbon. It was during this time that he married and began working in his wife’s family jewelry business, Draper Jewelry Company, a Nashville tradition.
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