Tell us about yourself
I am
an author of several books, an artist, woodcarver and columnist. I live
in Indiana with my husband of 56 years. Enjoy my children, grandchildren
and great grandchild. My husband, John, has been disabled since 1974
after being struck by Transverse Myelitis.
Tell me about your blog(s), name(s), what
does it mean to you?
MINDSINGER was the first having been online for several
years. It presents poetry, prose, photos and graphic art.
Mindsinger also serves as a launch platform for sub titles.
AECHOES from the Heartland was second and acts as a platform for
my newspaper column, Country Roads. Granny Tales is the latest and is an
outlet for my children's news paper column .
When have you started blogging?
Around 2008. I did not add the other two until about 2011.
What's the theme(s) of your blog(s)? What do
you write most? poetry, fiction or novel, or short stories?
The
general theme of my blogs is communication. Although I've written a dozen
or so books, I still reach out to more readers. My blogs are family
oriented and have posted nothing I would be ashamed to have my grandchildren
read. My writing is pretty evenly spread over prose and poetry. I
have also shared excerpts from my books.
What are the inspirations of your writing?
Life mostly.
Beauty, nature, the big questions such as "Why are we here? Is
there a God? If so, how does He interact with us? Sometimes the
work of other poets I read here.
You are involved with Bluebell Books Short
Story Slam writing challenge? How do you feel about it so far? What's the
benefits of it?
I would rather we be given a general theme about which to write
instead of just words. I've done that but do feel hemmed in by it at
times. I've been rather remiss in writing for both this blog and the
Jingle Poetry blogs lately. My husband and I both have had medical
problems and I'm becoming more and more a caregiver for John. It is very
hard to watch him lose more and more mobility and it takes over my
concentration.
Sorry about your husband’s health condition, hope that
everything improves soon.
Now, Do you have a favorite blogging
friend(s) to share? Tell us about his/her blog link and the writing in it!
I especially enjoy Author's Den having been one of the first to
join that community. Matt Miller has done a tremendous job with it and it
has become great platform for showcasing an author's work. He even has a
book store through which an author can sell books.
Do you have a favorite book or author?
The Bible is a given. But I've also enjoyed C.S. Lewis,
J.R.R. Tolkien Frank Peretti, Max Lucado among many others.
What's your writing plans in the near future?
I am working right now on publishing the second volume of
The Chronicles of Windfallow, a double trilogy written for young
adults and up. It has been a challenging and very enjoyable project that
has been going on since 2000. I am publishing with Create Space and find
them easy to work with and reasonably priced. Since I create my own
covers, the fees are small. Right now the weekly newspaper columns keep
me writing. I don't have a new novel in mind, but will be working on
publishing my autobiography, With Heart Divided. It is written, but I
must learn how to embed graphics before I begin struggling to get it into a pdf
format that conforms to Create Space's requirements.
Thanks for contacting me.
Donna Swanson
2 comments:
Glad to see you share yourself.
lovely interview.
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