FINDING MY VOICE

Each person has a voice that is distinctly their own. However, I didn’t realize I had a personal writing voice until I studied the writing craft.

 As a grade school student I grappled with the 3 R’s, wrote numerous book reports in high school and penned various term papers in college. The emphasis during these years was proper punctuation, accurate spelling and sentence structure with the ultimate goal of achieving good grades in assigned work.

During my business career I wrote employee manuals, policies and procedures, safety bulletins, correspondence and other assignments that fell into my various job jars using the voice that was specific to that work related responsibility.

I always wanted to write fiction and non-fiction stories and articles. A voracious reader, I devour favorite magazines, and books of many genres that attract and pique my interest. As a reader/writer who has avidly turned pages of a good book, it’s my goal to emulate work that has left me giddy, enthralled, spooked or feeling good when I reach the final chapter.

It’s a challenging task meeting the expectations of different publications, editors, and readers. When I first began my writing journey my personality and life experiences contributed and enhanced my work. While I continue along the writing trail, I know my voice will change and grow with continuous writing experiences. My ultimate goal is to develop a writing voice that sings loud and clear, in perfect pitch, on key with a rhythmic beat—and never gets lost in the chorus.

I am pleased to announce that as of this posting, I am a published author.  A separate page offers a brief list of published work.  Listed below are writing voices of authors that inspire me. I continue to read and enjoy their work:

James Lee Burke, Michael Connelly, Janet Evanovich, John Grisham, Carl Haissen, Laura Hillenbrand, Iris Johansen, Harvey Mackay, James Patterson, Jody Piccoult, Colin Powell and Jessica Walls—and too many more to mention here.