About Carol and Golden Spiral Journey
I think of myself first as a countrywoman.
I grew up in the Mohawk Valley in
Upstate New York where I spent my
childhood happily immersed in the natural
beauties of my family's ten-acre country home, absorbing its subtle
and often magical inspirations, borne along by the slow, steady turn of
the seasons.
During college in the turbulent last years of the 1960s,
environmental and antiwar activism instilled a strong sense
of public service. This led to "a few decades worth" of public
school teaching, primarily high school English. During this time
I helped raise a family, served as RE director at my U.U.
church, did a stint as a school board member and was active
in several other community groups in the Upper Unadilla Valley.
Along the way I nurtured my writing life primarily through
my journals and mentoring the creative writers among my
students. Attending a 1990 teachers' conference, I had a wonderful
and synchronistic meeting with the Young Adult novelist, Robert
Cormier. It proved to be the catalyst for taking myself seriously as a
writer. He signed my program that day, "Write that novel for me." Ten
years and two "practice novels" later I left full-time teaching to pursue
my lifelong passion of writing. Point of Departure, published by
Trafford Publishers in April 2002, was the result.
For more on my writing, including the start of my blog,
"Notes of an Earth Pilgrim", visit the WordSmith page.
I grew up in the Mohawk Valley in
Upstate New York where I spent my
childhood happily immersed in the natural
beauties of my family's ten-acre country home, absorbing its subtle
and often magical inspirations, borne along by the slow, steady turn of
the seasons.
During college in the turbulent last years of the 1960s,
environmental and antiwar activism instilled a strong sense
of public service. This led to "a few decades worth" of public
school teaching, primarily high school English. During this time
I helped raise a family, served as RE director at my U.U.
church, did a stint as a school board member and was active
in several other community groups in the Upper Unadilla Valley.
Along the way I nurtured my writing life primarily through
my journals and mentoring the creative writers among my
students. Attending a 1990 teachers' conference, I had a wonderful
and synchronistic meeting with the Young Adult novelist, Robert
Cormier. It proved to be the catalyst for taking myself seriously as a
writer. He signed my program that day, "Write that novel for me." Ten
years and two "practice novels" later I left full-time teaching to pursue
my lifelong passion of writing. Point of Departure, published by
Trafford Publishers in April 2002, was the result.
For more on my writing, including the start of my blog,
"Notes of an Earth Pilgrim", visit the WordSmith page.
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