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Pseudonyms, According to Joyce Carol Oates
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Sakey's The Blade Itself is quite good, Ken. I thought I'd mention that since you said you think you'll read one of his books.
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- At 2:37am on July 19, 2009,
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- At 4:33am on February 21, 2009,
Sunny Frazier said…
- And you have been a great friend (with fabulous shoes. . . .)
- At 3:41am on February 21, 2009,
Sunny Frazier said…
- Thank you so much for befriending Holli. She is coming out with her book and needs to have friends who have been there, done that.
- At 2:33am on August 25, 2008,
L.J. Sellers said… - Hello fellow Oregonian. Congratulations on all your publishing success!
- At 2:26pm on June 12, 2008,
Byron Leon McAllister said…
- Gee, T.L., you think people will misspell your married surname? Maybe I should consider writing under a pseudonym. My surname is spelled in a great number of ways, and people don't listen when i spell it for them, because they know somebody who spells it differently. Just as bad, hardly anybody outside of literary circles can see the difference between Byron and Bryon, and my co-writer seems inevitably to attract a final e on her first name. We should probably adopt a joint pseudonym of Ed Brown or Bob Smith. Or, perhaps, not.
- At 12:15am on May 3, 2008,
Marilyn Meredith said…
- Just returned from the Public Safety Writers Conference, small but a blast! Love hanging out with law enforcement officers--and they buy books!
- At 1:56am on April 29, 2008,
Vicki Delany said…
- Hi from Vicki. Sorry I won't be at Murder on the Grove this year, perhaps next!
- At 8:06am on April 23, 2008,
Margaret Grace said… - Nice to meet you, TL!
I was interested in the pen name thread ... I've just "inherited" a new name and am getting used to it.
Camille Minichino/Margaret Grace
http://www.dollhousemysteries.com
- At 6:37am on April 23, 2008,
Clea Simon said…
- Thanks for the invite! I look forward to getting to know you and your work. - Clea
- At 4:40am on April 9, 2008,
T. L. Cooper said…
- David, Thanks for the warm welcome. I very much enjoyed Little Gods. I look forward to getting to know everyone here. I appreciate your offer of help. I'll let you know if I need any!
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- Hometown:
- Albany, Oregon
- About Me:
- Growing up on a farm in Tollesboro, Kentucky provided T. L. Cooper with a fertile place for her imagination to germinate. She wrote her first short story around age eight though she first started telling stories to save a groundhog that lived in her father’s barn from being shot and to entertain her family a few years earlier. Weaving a story soon became the first love of her life and one that would last.
A desire to learn more about people and why they behave as they do led her to study Corrections and Juvenile Services as well as Psychology at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky where she earned a bachelor of science. While attending Eastern Kentucky University she began to cultivate her interest in racial relations as well as various cultures both within the United States and around the world. She also continued to write about things that mattered to her. During this time she met the man who would prove to be her soul mate.
After graduating and marrying, she moved to Lexington, Kentucky where she worked as a youth counselor and a project coordinator even as she continued to write poetry and short stories. While living in Columbus, Ohio, she began writing the first draft of the recently published All She Ever Wanted while on a temp assignment and continued to write it while holding a position as a registrar assistant. Extensive travel within the United States as well as visits to England, Spain, France, Jordan, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai has provided her with rich opportunities to learn about different cultures, beliefs, and people. Currently, she lives in Corvallis, Oregon with her husband of fifteen years.
Developing a strong interest in contemporary social issues, T.L. Cooper continues to write short stories, poetry, and novels that address current issues with creativity, intelligence, and honesty. She’s been known to say “I could give up breathing easier than I could quit writing.”
Several of her poems have appeared in anthologies and a short story on an online magazine. She published her first novel, All She Ever Wanted, in 2002. Articles have appeared in magazines including Idaho Magazine. Her short story, Fortress, won second place in the Professional Division of the Idaho Magazine 2005 Fiction Writing Contest. She contributed material from her experience marketing her first book to Book Marketing A to Z and Self-Promotion for Authors. Her poems appeared in several anthologies including Standing, Poetry by Idaho Women (2004 & 2005 editions) an anthology which benefits the Women’s and Children’s Alliance in Boise, Idaho.
Cooper served as Chair of PFAI, organizers of Murder in the Grove, the only ongoing annual conference for mystery writers and readers in the Northwest, from 2006-2008.
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- Books And Authors I Like:
- Robert Crais, Tami Hoag, Questionable Ethics by Angela Abderhalden, J. A. Jance, David Morrell, Joanne Pence, Fools Rush In by Sunny Frazier, Tilt A Whirl by Chris Grabenstein
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