Date:         Wed, 19 Feb 1997 21:21:27 -0800
From: Bonnie Lind <lind@GOLDRUSH.COM>
Subject:      my virgin message

Hi there.  I'm making my first attempt to join this family of writers on
cyberspace.  My name is Bonnie Lind, and I can be reached at
lind@goldrush.com. I'm not new to writing, but I haven't seriously written
imaginative literature for quite some time.  Now I am working on a piece and
am having success breaking down the blocks through suggestions in The
Artists Way.  I'm relatively intimidated by this electronic group process
and sharing any new work so I may end up posting some older poems to ease
myself in.  Strange to feel shy sitting at my computer, but then I picture
the rest of you sitting at yours and the demon critics return.  In terms of
writing bio stuff, I am the editor of a regional magazine,  have had several
plays produced by regional theatre companies and have had short stories and
poetry published, also on a regional basis.  Years ago, I worked with a New
York literary agent on a long novel, but I had to stop that process and
"work for a living."  I write all the time, but lately it has been report
and grant writing in my role as a Family Literacy Program Director, and
tourist-interest, local color articles for the magazine mentioned above.  I
feel like I've lost my lyrical voice, and this is what I'm hoping to
recover. So that's enough for me.  If I can figure out how to get this
message to all of you, I'll have accomplished my goal for the evening.  Night.