I'm a writer and artist having started both careers decades ago. I'm a woman, despite the usually preferred masculine spelling. Perhaps a light and breezy essay I wrote about my experiences with a "boy's name" are still up at http://www.amazon.com/shorts. The title is "Gender-Confusing Names." Amazon.com/shorts publishes works by writers who have at least three books listed with them. Mine are FROM THUNDER TO BREAKFAST (about the highlights of Hube Yates' life as a horseman, firefighter, hunting guide and superb storyteller); WIDOWHOOD HAPPENS (stories of widowed people, and interviews with professionals who deal with their problems); and THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT CAVE CREEK (It's the People). Cave Creek, Arizona in the early 1900s are the characters who made it an interesting Southwestern community. I was fortunate enough to become acquainted with cowboys, sheriffs, strong women, pioneers and a squatter, and feel richer for the experience.
I am a member of the Professional Writers of Prescott. More about my writing can be found at http://www.authorsden.com/ggarrison.
I studied art at Arizona State, Phoenix College, Glendale College, and various workshops and art organizations. I belong to the Sedona Arts Center, the International Society of
Experimental Artists (that should give you a clue to my artistic bent), and a critique group
of artists called Q-2. I'm told that has something to do with Star Wars, but I'm not sure
what. We call ourselves an art appreciation group. That means that we're gentle and friendly. My husband's and my art are in this website: www.artbygarrison.com. He sculpts abstractly.
My husband and I live in Sedona, Arizona, but, as beautiful as it is, my favorite place is
Cave Creek, Arizona. Lots of good things happened to me there. I freelanced magazine articles and was a feature article writer for twenty years for a now defunct distinctive magazine called Carefree Enterprise; founded an artists' group, Desert Artists; and was very active in the Desert Foothills Community Theater for 20 years.
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