My name is Julie. I'm the other organizer of the group and before I
talk about myself, I'd like to welcome everyone to the group and thank
you for your patience. I'm really looking forward to meeting everyone
interested and getting this going.
I live about half an hour from Monroeville, near a small town called
Apollo. I'm twenty-nine years old and currently live at home with my
family after moving back from Albuquerque, NM and becoming "dis-
engaged". I work as a cook at a very small convenience store and I
also do freelance writing for the University of Pittsburgh. I studied
English/Writing with a concentration in poetry at Carlow University
back when it was still Carlow College and graduated from there in
2003. Aside from Creative Writing of all sorts, I've also done a lot
of newspaper articles, grants, and a monthly astrology column. After
taking an extended break from the creative side of writing, I got back
into it with the help of a workshop at the Oakmont Library. I am
currently interested in improving my fiction (as in actually finishing
stories I want to write), trying to start a novel, and maybe even
getting back to poetry at some point.