Melonie McLaurin
Age:
41
Location:
The Sandhills, North Carolina
Children:
Proud Parent
Occupation:
Freelance Writer
Interested In:
Poetry, Fiction, Children's
About Me:
I'm a Jill of All Trades whose careers have spanned the fields of technology, business, real estate, local government, and education. I've studied Greek, French, and Latin. I'm a little monastic, a lot Catholic. Oh, and I'm a writer.
What I Write:
I have written mostly fantasy, science fiction, and even horror. My eye is towards childrens' fiction at the moment.
Credits & Accomplishments:
I have an exceptional young man for a son. He is 18 and will be off to college next Fall. I am a graduate of Saint Andrews Presbyterian College. I am also a fourth grade (this year) teacher in a public elementary school.
Hobbies
I enjoy cooking, traveling locally in search of sacred sites such as old churches, cemeteries, monasteries, and the likes. I like to take silly photographs of myself for web profiles, but I hate being photographed by others.
Music:
Gregorian chant, sacred, some polyphony, celtic, classical, world music, They Might Be Giants, Green Day, Lady Ga Ga, Daughtry, 3 Doors Down, Nickelback, Depeche Mode, Sarah McLaughlin, Chris Cornell, lots and lots more
Favorite Movies:
The Princess Bride, The Lord of the Rings, James Bond flicks, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Batman: The Dark Knight, Gladiator, X-Men, Elizabeth the Golden Age, etc...
Favorite Television Shows:
I don't watch very much television. When I do, it is usually the Disney Channel shows with my neice (Wizards of Waverly Place, That's So Raven, Hannah Montana). I like the George Lopez Show. Stephen Colbert is exquisite. I love Alton Brown's Good Eats on the Food Network.
Favorite Books & Authors:
I seem to recall having adored James Joyce for a while in my early 20s. I also admire the writing of Dante, Milton, Homer, Dostoevsky, J.K. Rowling, Neil Gaiman, Thomas Wolfe, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman.
Favorite books include the Douay-Rheims Bible, an odd assortment of vegetarian cookbooks, the Imitation of Christ, works of Saints Ignatius, Theresa, Therese of Lixieux, Augustine, Benedict, and others.
Heroes:
People who manage to stay good for just a second longer than was strictly called for.
Education:
College Grad
Schools:
Saint Andrews Presbyterian College
Income From Writing:
Some Sales Here and There
Years Writing:
Less Than a Year
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