New Day—New Me—New Bio
So, here I am; stronger than I've ever been; comfortable with me, but still making patient, quiet changes; time to stop relying on the past to justify my present and measure the future.
I am really enjoying life at the moment. I am quite excited about the new children's book series, Tell Me What That Word Means, part of the Clive's Drive Initiative. It is literacy intense and each book teaches a sweet message. The first is The Enlightenment of Clive, the Misunderstood Warthog. Clive has a website that I'm kind of proud of. It is so much fun to work with!
Writing is my life, after my family and my faith. But, truth be told, they are all tangled up together and I haven't been able to separate them, so I just wear that chunky chain of love everywhere I go.
I've ordered a filter, but apparently they are on back order, so I guess everyone will have to deal with that for a little longer.
My writing credentials include 3 novels: The Convict, the Rookie Card, and the Redemption of Gertie Thump, Grimm's Last Fairy Tale, and When Renoir Loved Thomas Jefferson. The latter two are off the market until I edit them further.
I have 388 published articles on FamilyShare.com. They are mainly on faith and family, two of the tangled strands on my chain.
My life is no longer a dumpster, but still full of interesting finds.
I am really enjoying life at the moment. I am quite excited about the new children's book series, Tell Me What That Word Means, part of the Clive's Drive Initiative. It is literacy intense and each book teaches a sweet message. The first is The Enlightenment of Clive, the Misunderstood Warthog. Clive has a website that I'm kind of proud of. It is so much fun to work with!
Writing is my life, after my family and my faith. But, truth be told, they are all tangled up together and I haven't been able to separate them, so I just wear that chunky chain of love everywhere I go.
I've ordered a filter, but apparently they are on back order, so I guess everyone will have to deal with that for a little longer.
My writing credentials include 3 novels: The Convict, the Rookie Card, and the Redemption of Gertie Thump, Grimm's Last Fairy Tale, and When Renoir Loved Thomas Jefferson. The latter two are off the market until I edit them further.
I have 388 published articles on FamilyShare.com. They are mainly on faith and family, two of the tangled strands on my chain.
My life is no longer a dumpster, but still full of interesting finds.
OK, this is my new, real, and infinitely more accurate bio!
Becky Lyn Rickman writes because it is the only way to placate the voices in her head so she doesn't miss out on that precious 45 minutes of sleep every night. Life can become a little congested for her in her 400 sq. ft. apartment where she lives, intentionally, like a mushroom, pounding her keyboard in the dark with the unwanted assistance of her two therapy cats, Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy. Yes, they are Austenian. She spends a few hours each day shamefully lamenting the fact that her faith won’t allow her to be a profanity-spewing, bourbon-guzzling, burning-the-midnight-oil chain smoker. The rest of the time, she spends in shameless gratitude that her children have not, as yet, put her away.
Becky Lyn's Bio
Having only attended a handful of creative writing classes and workshops, Ms. Rickman defers to her life experience for her credentials. She follows the Evelyn Waugh school of thought:
“Novel-writing is a laborious trade. The raw material is every single thing one has ever seen or heard or felt, and one has to go over the vast rubbish-heap of experience, scraping and delving, until one finds a few discarded valuables.”
Ms. Rickman’s rubbish heap includes: over 70 addresses, a marriage to a man who dated other women and one to a man who dated other men, a significant hand in raising over 50 children (including biological, steps, and fosters), serving and advocating in the areas of Special Olympics, literacy, hospice, pre-school reading programs, drug rehabs, and domestic violence. She has, herself, spent 15 months as a homeless single mother.
Her writing credits include: editorials for local newspapers, the voice of Booker the bookshop cat (who did brilliant and articulate book reviews and commentaries), website articles, well-crafted notes to her children’s teachers, captivating shopping lists, scathingly brilliant letters of accusation followed by the inevitable ensuing and heart-wrenching letters of apology. She is a contributor to Family Share, putting her vast array of experience and failures to good use writing articles on a multitude of topics surrounding family, mostly sharing how NOT to do it. She has also completed several novels: When Renoir Loved Thomas Jefferson and Grimm’s Last Fairy Tale, as well as The Convict, the Rookie Card and the Redemption of Gertie Thump, from WiDo Publishing and due out this winter. She has also written several humorous how-to books, including: How to Be a Man in a Woman’s Life and How to Be a Human in a Cat’s Life.
On a personal note, Ms. Rickman lives with Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley, her cats, and pines to see her grandchildren more often. She is actively involved in humanitarian causes and serves in her community when she isn’t pounding the keyboard of her old laptop. She is also a botanical technician and makes most of the household, health and beauty products she uses.
“Novel-writing is a laborious trade. The raw material is every single thing one has ever seen or heard or felt, and one has to go over the vast rubbish-heap of experience, scraping and delving, until one finds a few discarded valuables.”
Ms. Rickman’s rubbish heap includes: over 70 addresses, a marriage to a man who dated other women and one to a man who dated other men, a significant hand in raising over 50 children (including biological, steps, and fosters), serving and advocating in the areas of Special Olympics, literacy, hospice, pre-school reading programs, drug rehabs, and domestic violence. She has, herself, spent 15 months as a homeless single mother.
Her writing credits include: editorials for local newspapers, the voice of Booker the bookshop cat (who did brilliant and articulate book reviews and commentaries), website articles, well-crafted notes to her children’s teachers, captivating shopping lists, scathingly brilliant letters of accusation followed by the inevitable ensuing and heart-wrenching letters of apology. She is a contributor to Family Share, putting her vast array of experience and failures to good use writing articles on a multitude of topics surrounding family, mostly sharing how NOT to do it. She has also completed several novels: When Renoir Loved Thomas Jefferson and Grimm’s Last Fairy Tale, as well as The Convict, the Rookie Card and the Redemption of Gertie Thump, from WiDo Publishing and due out this winter. She has also written several humorous how-to books, including: How to Be a Man in a Woman’s Life and How to Be a Human in a Cat’s Life.
On a personal note, Ms. Rickman lives with Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley, her cats, and pines to see her grandchildren more often. She is actively involved in humanitarian causes and serves in her community when she isn’t pounding the keyboard of her old laptop. She is also a botanical technician and makes most of the household, health and beauty products she uses.