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an ancient Maltese temple |
Canadian writer Betty Dobson
believes that there are no absolute blacks and whites in this world. She's
always on the lookout for various shades of grey-–and any other colours
of the rainbow lingering around the horizon. Life has its quirks; whenever
she can explore them, question them, and write about them, she will. Give
her a mystery, and she's like a pit bull as she explores passageways and
labyrinths in her search for resolution. Detours are to be explored, and
getting there (and writing about it) is half the fun.
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Betty has always been caught up with words. As a child, she
started reading before she could read--listening intently as parents and older
siblings read to her at bedtime. She evolved into a true reader, inevitably
described as the always-with-her-nose-in-a-book person. With each new story, she
dreamed of trading places with the author and sharing her own ideas with other
readers.
With equal parts patience and determination, Betty realized her dream in her
late thirties. A first-place win in an essay contest started her off on a string
of writing successes that have only grown more frequent in the past few years.
Her published works include numerous short stories, poetry, essays, and feature
articles. She's won awards for all but the latter, but plans to overcome that
deficiency.
Today, Betty operates as a part-time freelance writer/editor/publisher under the
banner InkSpotter Publishing (formerly InkSpotter Writing & Editing). Easily
bored, she tackles a variety of projects for herself and for a global clientele.
Need articles for your Web site? She's your gal. Need that manuscript edited
before sending it to agents? Give her a call. Lost for words? Leave
everything to her. When not writing and editing for others, she publishes two
newsletters and runs an annual flash fiction contest.
An InkSpotter, by Betty's definition, is someone adept at "finding the
right words." Her primary mission is to help others find those words and
unlock the stories lurking within each of us. Her secondary mission is to
promote the use of Canadian (a.k.a. British) spelling on the Internet.
For more on Betty's writing, as well as her interest in
genealogy, painting, and photography, please visit her personal
website.
Hanging
out with
Alistair
MacLeod
Writers'
Ceilidh 1998
Baddeck,
Nova Scotia
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