About the Author

 


Michelle writes poetry, non-fiction and memoir.  She is a published and self-published author whose writing activities have included: (1) founding and leading a poetry writing group, (2) founding and leading a memoir writing group, (3) presenting poetry, memoir and publishing workshops for park districts, libraries, writers groups etc., (4) organizing and hosting WriterFest (a multi-author event), (5) mentoring high school students, (6) providing book editing services, (7) writing book reviews, (8)  hosting an Internet radio talk show podcast and (9) publishing an Internet poetry magazine.

Michelle publishes Write-On!, a newsletter for writers (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/writeonnewsletter) and is writing a non-fiction book for poets called "The Poet's Manual: How to go from Aspiring Writer to Published Author and Beyond."  She also continued to read her work at local poetry reading open mikes in the North/Northwest Chiago suburbs.
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