Danya's WEbook Profile

Danya

Join Date: 7/17/2008

About me:
38 years old, photographer, artist and of course, writer - I own a 38ft. 1976 Crown school bus I'm working on as an alternative living/studio space - long term project.
1 son, 14 and wonderful; married and still loving it.
Stroke survivor - had stroke at age 32; still recovering.
Stroke left me able to write but unable to read well- so please understand I have to decline looking at other webook work.
My claim to fame: Most of us here seem to really hate this 'claim to fame' thing - unless we're famous - which I'm not. So how's about I change it to:
'What I'm most proud of in my writing' - which I can answer easily... (with a new answer) -

I was 'Webooker of the week'! My project, Botanica Toxica was featured/mentioned in the article! Thank-you Webook for the friends and support. Especially recently, just getting out of the hospital again and having a rough go of it, Webook has been really wonderful.

What I like to read:
Favorite books:
Tao of Pooh.
(Really, how can anyone answer these?)
Tao of Pooh.
And mine. I like my books... if we were honest, I guess we'd all say we like our own the best... if we didn't, we wouldn't write them!
Benjamin Disraeli said;
"If I want to read a good book, I write one."
What I'm reading now:
currently only reading books related to research for my book... a great one on poisonous frogs was the last.
Favorite place to read:
In bed... the stroke gave me a seizure condition when my brain gets over-taxed, which reading often does; so I read in bed so if I have a little seizure I'm safe as a kitten... a kitten having a seizure.
(there's a pretty word-picture!)
My other writing:
What I like to write:
Character I'd like to be for a day:
One from my book in process; Emmeline Price - owner of a nursery specializing in poisonous plants - she makes her own crosses and is wickedly cool at all times.
(And she can walk unassisted, which she does especially for me).
Favorite authors:
Too many to mention -
currently Bourdain, always Kundera, Robbins and Ruth Gordon... but too many to mention.