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| Meet Billie A. Williams
I can’t remember when our house didn’t have books everywhere. We were a family of readers. When I spent long solitary summers on my grandparent’s farm in Morse, WI I fabricated stories to tell to my siblings when they visited or when I went home. Those were the times when I wasn’t reading. My grandmother would take me to the library in Glidden, WI once every couple weeks. I would bring home as many books as I could carry. It didn’t take me long to read them. I didn’t start to write seriously until much later in life. I took many correspondence courses but never drummed up the courage to send anything in. I did write for the Nicolet College Newspaper when I worked and took courses there. My first paid publication was an essay published in Thema Magazine in 1997 titled “Dandelion With Angel Wings,” about my youngest daughter’s survival through my bout with Ovarian Cancer while I was pregnant with her. Then I had a poem accepted for a national magazine. It seemed that gave me the self-confidence to start writing and submitting stories I had in my mind but not on paper yet. My first novel was published in October of 2002 and the rest, as they say is history. I now have eleven books published and nine more under contract. I still write everyday. I have several works in progress at all times. I love to write. I can’t imagine getting paid to do something I love as much as writing. It isn’t a lot of pay (yet), but it is a very rewarding way to spend my time. Billie A. Williams is a fiction, non-fiction and poetry author whose book titles includeThe following titles from: Wings ePress, Inc. www.wings-press.com Death by Candlelight, Mystery, Fire at Thunder Ridge, Mystery/suspense Candlelight and Shadows, Romantic Suspense Skull Music, Romantic/suspense, Watch For the Raven, Young Adult Adventure, July 2005 The Pink Lady Slipper, Romantic Mystery/Suspense October 2005 Bed & Breakfast Murders Romantic Suspense, January 2006 nd several more with Triskelion Publishers and Venus Press, as well as a series of writing how-to-books with Filbert Publishing. Other Titles and Publishers: Knapsack Secrets, Mystery/Suspense July 2006 Page Free Publishing Tung Umolomo, A Shutting of the Mouth, Adventure November 2003 (Publish America) Writing Wide, Exercises in Creative Writing, Non-fiction, (Filbert Publishing) She has published in various magazines such as the literary magazine Thema; Guide, a magazine for children, and Women In The Arts newsletter as well as Sister’s in Crime. Her articles, columns and features have appeared regularly in newspapers. Short stories, Flash fiction, poetry and book reviews have appeared in Mystery Time, True Love Magazine and various anthologies and on line e-zines and web sites such as Novel Advice.com, Writing Etc., WritingNow.com, Sell Writing on Line. She was a workshop presenter for the Obadiah Christian Women’s Conference in Merrill, Wisconsin in April 2005 Williams is currently a member of The Wisconsin Regional Writers Association (WRWA) National Association of Women Writers (NAWW) Sister’s in Crime, Romance Writers of America (RWA)Women in the Arts Program, Books We Love and other writing organizations. A native of Wisconsin, Billie also has lived in Michigan and Colorado and has traveled the United States spelunking and museum browsing. She and her husband have camped under the stars and in tents or a pickup camper in most of the areas to which the trips have taken them--from Kentucky to Oklahoma and Nebraska to New Mexico. Ask Billie why and she'll tell you, "I love to travel and see new things! It’s fodder for new stories. As they say, ‘nothing is ever wasted on a writer’." With her love of community, Billie donates portions of her royalties from each book to local groups and charitable organizations. She lives with her husband Tom, in Amberg, where the winters are great for snuggling in front of a fireplace with a good book. Spring and Summer, Fall or Winter the town is alive with warm and friendly tourists and locals |
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| National Poetry Month Poetry Ambassador 2006 |
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