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Favorite authorsDiane Ackerman, Harlan Coben, Thomas H. Cook, Alice Hoffman, Irving Stone (Shared favorites)

About meI've been an avid--voracious, even--reader all my life. An only child, I remember spending Saturdays in my room, lying in my bed next to a stack of books and challenging myself to see how many books I could read in a day. I've always been an eclectic reader, one of those types who finds a subject or time period and then reads everything she reads on the subject. When I was 8 I remember reading every book on fairy tales I could find in the school library and was fascinated with the French and the Irish and the German fairy tales. Then my interest turned to the world mythologies, then to world religions, and on and on. As a teen I spent a lot time reading biographies. Later I became trapped in the time period of King Henry the VIII's many wives.

I remain an avid reader, but now I'm also a writer who has co-authored three travel books (Exploring Houston with Children, Exploring the Arts and Culture in Houston with Children, and recently Exploring Texas History: Weekend Adventures, in addition to two teen novels, Divided Loyalties and Video Magic.

About my libraryI have a vast library and it will take me some time to get it all online, but I am working on it. I collect books on the craft and business of writing, but have an extensive and eclectic collection. I read as much nonfiction as I do fiction. I review books for Blogcritics.org. You can read my reviews at my blog, Down the Writer's Path, and at Blogcritics.org (http://blogcritics.org/author.php?author...)

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Real nameVikk Simmons

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Member sinceSep 28, 2005

Currently readingYour Life as Story by Tristine Rainer
Story Structure Architect: A Writer's Guide to Building Dramatic Situations and Compelling Characters by Victoria Lynn Schmidt
Intelligence in Nature by Jeremy Narby
The COLOR CODE: A NEW WAY TO SEE YOURSELF, YOUR RELATIONSHIPS, AND LIFE by Taylor Hartman
Aspects of the novel by E. M. Forster
Cracking the millionaire code : your key to enlightened wealth by Mark Victor Hansen
Oldest living Confederate widow tells all by Allan Gurganus
How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author by Janet Evanovich
Revising Fiction: A Handbook for Writers by David Madden
The Art & Craft of the Short Story by Rick Demarinis
A Permanent Retirement by John Miles
The Complete Guide to Writing Biographies by Ted Schwarz
Criminal Investigation 2nd edition by Wayne Bennett
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller by John Truby
Upriver and Downstream: The Best Fly-Fishing and Angling Adventures from the New York Times by New York Times
Nervous Water: Variations on a Theme of Fly Fishing by Steve Raymond
The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade by Thomas Lynch
Emotional Structure: Creating the Story Beneath the Plot by Peter Dunne
The Art And Craft Of Storytelling: A Comprehensive Guide To Classic Writing Techniques by Nancy Lamb
Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook by Isa Chandra Moskowitz
First Things (Feb 2009, No 190) by Richard John (ed) Neuhaus
Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Legacy by Jeffrey Meyers
Entire Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe: Photographic & Annotated Edition by Edgar Poe, Allan
The Geography of the Imagination: Forty Essays by Guy Davenport
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