I write narrative nonfiction and poetry. My work has appeared or is forthcoming in 34th Parallel Magazine, Rising Phoenix Review, Jellyfish Review, the 2018 anthology Washington's Emerging Writers, and elsewhere. My writing has been recognized by the Pacific Northwest Writers Association and the Oregon Poets Association, for which I am grateful. I have been a guest blogger at Literary Mama, and am a regular contributor to The Good Men Project. I recently completed my first book-length work, a memoir, and am currently querying agents. Contact me at lornaadalyn@gmail.com. I'd love to hear from you!
The long story
I've always had a rich internal world, and I've been writing for most of my life. When I was in 3rd grade, I won a young author award for a short story titled The Gingerbreads. Buoyed by early literary success, I followed it up with a sequel, The Cake with the Gingerbreads. As I got older, life got in the way, and I stopped writing. I'd come back to it intermittently, then drift away again. I graduated college and began a career in corporate America. It wasn't until a decade later when I stopped flirting with writing and got serious. By then I was a new mom, and I started writing about motherhood. I got involved with Write On The River, a literary arts nonprofit supporting writers in North Central Washington. I started calling myself a writer. I went to workshops and readings. I met other writers and talked about writing and fell in love with the craft. It felt like coming home. Today, I write narrative nonfiction and poetry. I am also President of Write On The River.
When not wrangling my two small children, most of my time is spent fantasizing about being interviewed on NPR's Fresh Air.
