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I have only one real rule regarding writing...
Since
tomorrow never comes, I need to write today. . .
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Jo is a member of:
Romance Writers
of America
RWA Online
Chapter #136
RWA Mystery
Suspense Chapter #144
(Kiss
of Death)
WriteSpot
NS Divas
Writer's Support Group
JoAnn Ross
Writer's Group
Lucy
Monroe's Classes
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Need a
great Webhost?
Try mine!
-Jo
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Jo
is a native Floridian from Gator Country --Gainesville, FL., who
spent summers and holidays in Flowery Branch, GA with her father
and grandparents. She also attended South Hall High
School, Blackshear, GA for a couple of years before returning to
Gainesville to finish her last two years at GHS. Three
babies later, she attended Columbus College.
Her
first major achievement in writing, at the age of thirteen, was a three page assignment for a short story in her English
class and read to each of the five other classes
throughout the day by the English teacher.
Jo
says, "I couldn't figure out why everyone stared and
was so friendly that day. You know? More
than usual. It wasn't until the end of the day and
someone finally told me, Mrs. Albritton had read
my story to half the school that I had a clue.
Needless to say, I was mortified!"
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At
the age of five, Jo met her very own childhood hero! Fate
. . . or fantasy?
They
married 35 years later, and lived in the Metro Atlanta area for
a while. They now reside in the Smoky Mountains of Western North
Carolina, where continuing construction is an everyday
consideration.
Their children call
the Gregory's place - "a growing compound."
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From Golden Books to modern fiction,
Jo later fell in love with the works of Mickey Spillane and John
D. McDonald, and later moved into the fascinating worlds that
Sandra Brown and Nora Roberts create.
In the two years (2005 & 2006) she
acted as the Workshops Director for RWA Online Chapter
136, Jo had to opportunity to meet several of today's best
selling authors, as well as hone her talents in the craft of
writing.
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Jo's
first completed manuscript UNFORGETABLE JOURNEY, written
with co-author Joanne D. Kiggins in 2001, took 5th Place
in the 2005 Grand Beginnings Contest.
It
wasn't until 3 years after UF was completed, that Jo and Joanne
had the opportunity to actually met in person.
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