Donna Barnes

I love to write and if I could do it every day, and every night I would. Unfortunately, the mortgage, and car payments need to get in paid. I will say, that the invention of e-readers and Amazon.com has given me the chance to show my work without the middle man.

The skill of writing came to me when I was twelve years old when my aunt gave me a journal to express myself. I've been doing that ever since. I wrote over one hundred poems, and had over twenty of them published in various publications, journals, reviews, and anthologies. Eventually, I gained the courage and started to write one act plays, screenplays, short stories, non-fictional articles and finally fictional and self help books.

My first fictional novel, Love is Love reached number 17 on Amazon and continues to sell well. A Blueprints for a Happy Life is a 365 daily meditation self help book. It was written as an experiment to alter my brain patterns. My goal was to change my negative outlook into a positive one. I learned how to be happy no matter what life threw at me.

Today, I continue to teach English in a Bronx High School and prayer that I'll be able to write full time.

http://donnabarnes44.wordpress.com/

I live in Great Neck with my family.