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About meI am a writer, academic editor and woman of a certain age, who long lived under the delusion that ceasing a 9-to-5 grind would mean endless hours of writing, writing, writing and reading. I have relocated myself from Texas to Western Australia, where I daily wrestle with the fruits of my delusion.

About my libraryThe subject matter of my library does not reflect the overall balance of my reading interests, but rather the books I chose to keep and those I trusted a local library would provide. In years gone by I have divested myself of two libraries. With my recent relocation to the other side of the planet, I sold or gave away about seventy-five percent of my last library, packing only those that I coveted and feared would not be easily available downunder. I brought with me all my art books, all my books on craft instruction, most of my reference books, a selection of books that I hadn't yet read and really wanted to, a selection of my favorite cookbooks, most of my collections of Marion Zimmer Bradley and Doris Lessing, and a selection of other books that are important to me. My goal was to have one bookcase and a good relationship with the local library. I have, at least, accomplished the latter. Seeing the number of people with thousands of books in their collections, I feel considerably less guilt at having discovered I still have a couple of hundred books.

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Real nameJanice Stensrude

LocationPerth, Western Australia

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Member sinceMay 21, 2006