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Darlene Foster
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Darlene Foster commented on the blog post 'From Self-Published to Published: A Highlight Reel'
"I massively over-extend myself doing things I love and am excited about all the time. Congratulations on having your book published. You are a great example of persevering and never letting go of your dream. I would love to win your…"
Darlene Foster commented on the blog post '[1st Books] Kelly O'Connor McNees: First I Was a Quitter'
"What a wonderful motivating story. Thanks so much for sharing. Many of us can relate."
Darlene Foster liked Meg Waite Clayton's blog post [1st Books] Kelly O'Connor McNees: First I Was a Quitter
Darlene Foster liked Zetta Brown's blog post [REALITY CHECK] - Grammar & Punctuation – The “Rules” are Meant to be Broken
Darlene Foster liked Maria Murnane's blog post What a difference a hyphen can make
Darlene Foster liked Meg Waite Clayton's blog post [1st Books] Heather Barbieri: Not According to Plan
Darlene Foster liked Carol Clouse's blog post Writing ‘in-tense’ Memories
Darlene Foster shared Joanne Tombrakos's blog post on Facebook
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Darlene Foster liked Kendra Bonnett's blog post Use the Five Senses in Your Quest to Write One True Sentence
Darlene Foster left a comment for Shelley Workinger
"Thanks for connecting Shelly. What do you write?
Darlene"
Profile Information
- Who I am:
- Darlene Foster is a writer of children’s stories, contemporary short stories, creative nonfiction as well as travel articles. She is also an employment counsellor, an ESL tutor, a wife, mother and grandmother. She loves travel, reading, shoes, cooking, sewing, music, chocolate, walking on the beach and making new friends. She was brought up on a ranch near Medicine Hat, Alberta, where she dreamt of traveling the world and meeting interesting people. She has since visited many interesting countries which inspired her to write the Amanda adventure/travel series. She lives in Tsawwassen, BC with her husband Paul and their two black cats, Pumpkin and Monkey. She believes that dreams can come true and encourages young people to dream big.
website www.darlenefoster.ca
blog http://darlenefoster.wordpress.com/
twitter https://twitter.com/#!/supermegawoman
- Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
- Publications:
Amanda in Arabia – The Perfume Flask, ireadiwrite Publishing, 2010
Amanda in Spain – The Girl in the Painting, ireadiwrite Publishing. 2011
The Day Dief Came to Town, short story in Country Roads, Memoirs from Rural Canada, Nimbus Publishing, 2010
- Media outlets that I currently write for:
- N/A
- My writing is:
- Fiction, Memoir, Blog Posts
- Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:
- N/A
- Services I offer to other writers:
- Just encouragement
- I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:
- Yes
- My professional associations:
- Federation of BC Writers
BC TRavel Writers Association
Children's Writers & Illustrators of British Columbia Society
- I found out about She Writes from:
- Linda Cassidy Lewis
Comment Wall (7 comments)
- At 5:46am on December 30, 2011,
Jessica Vealitzek said… Hi Darlene - Thanks for reaching out! I don't have any young readers in my family yet (4 and 1), but I'm going to go look up your books for the future...
- At 7:57pm on July 13, 2011,
Jill Starishevsky said…
Hi Darlene,
Thank you so much for your input on Spain. Will do some research on it now. Hope you are well.
jill
- At 9:46am on May 29, 2011,
Meg Waite Clayton said… - Darlene, Welcome to She Writes. Love to have you join us in the Novelists – Struggling or Not group. I hope you're enjoying the site!
Meg Waite Clayton
Moderator, Novelist Group
Bestselling Author of The Four Ms. Bradwells and The Wednesday Sisters
- At 8:03pm on May 4, 2011,
NADIA SAHARI said… - Thank you! I need to write blogs more often.
- At 8:35pm on April 16, 2011,
Antoinette Ballerini said… She is twelve and working on other short stories/books right now. Both in French and English. Thank you for the feedback.
Antoinette
- At 8:00am on April 16, 2011, Antoinette Ballerini said…
Gratitude Darlene,
My daughter has recently written a wonderful story on the subject; Believe that dreams can come true and encourage young people to dream big.
Sincerely,
Antoinette
- At 3:01pm on April 10, 2011,
Kamy Wicoff said… Hi Darlene, and welcome to She Writes! If you need help getting started here, check out our helpfully named "Getting Started" page. And if you want to find a quick way to make contact with other She Writers working in your genre, or local to you, the groups are probably the best thing to explore first.
Warm best, and enjoy!
Kamy (Founder, She Writes)
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