Trivia: For years I've daydreamed about doing Stand Up comedy. There's quite a few humorous and laugh out loud stories in my memoir, and I can always make people laugh. All I have to do is open my mouth and start talking. *smile*
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Author Becky Lewellen Povich
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Although I proclaimed for years that I'd like to be a writer, I never did anything about it since saying I wanted to write, and that I just didn't have the time was easy. That way, I couldn't possibly be a failure. It was just a dream, and not a very practical one. (But are any dreams practical?)
Looking back, I realize I actually wrote a great deal all through my life. I just didn't look at it as writing. As a young girl, I had several pen pals and I enjoyed composing letters to them. As I grew up and moved from home, I wrote many letters to family and friends. One year I decided it wasn't tacky to write the Generic Christmas Letter. That very first one got rave reviews. Hey, maybe I'd stumbled onto something here.
Dancing with my brother
I was the drapery coordinator at a large company. I took it upon myself to type numerous memos to the sales and service staff. I loved the challenge of making the letters informative, interesting, and humorous. At times, I received compliments, yet it never occurred to me that this was writing, this was something I was good at, this was something exciting and rewarding.I fall asleep and wake up thinking about writing.
When a thought pops into my head, I jot it down on whatever piece of paper I can find, so it won't be forgotten. Before I became so passionate about writing, what in the world did I think about all the time?
When a thought pops into my head, I jot it down on whatever piece of paper I can find, so it won't be forgotten. Before I became so passionate about writing, what in the world did I think about all the time?
Publications in Chronological Order
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Washington University in St. Louis - Center for Humanities - Three poems - April 2020
Rosie's Can Do Cook Booklet: Vintage Homefront Recipes & Stories from WWII for Today's Woman (December 2019) Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Dog Really Did That? (August 2017) From Pigtails to Chin Hairs (November 2013) Vestal Review: 2 stories (2009-2010)
Tiny Lights - Monthly Search Lights (Sept 2009 - August 2014 finale) SLU Parks College "Parks Today" Alumni Paper (August 2009)
Beliefnet.com (November 2009) Chicken Soup for the Soul; Teens Talk Getting In...To College (2008) Chicken Soup for the Soul; Divorce and Recovery (2008) Chicken Soup for the Soul; Love Stories (2007) Chicken Soup for the New Mom's Soul; (2007) Divine Whine magazine (2007) Life Happens magazine (2005) Sts. J & A Feast for Body and Soul (2002) St. Charles County Journal; Guest Opinion Shaper Columnist (2001-2005) |
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