Sunday, June 1, 2014

PnPAuthors Promotions Presents and Spotlights Dawn Huffaker: Dawn Huffaker

PnPAuthors Promotions Presents and Spotlights Dawn Huffaker: Dawn Huffaker:   PnPAuthors Promotions present another author/poet to our spotlight, Dawn Huffaker . _________________________________ ...

Dawn Huffaker




 



PnPAuthors Promotions present another author/poet to our spotlight, Dawn Huffaker.

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 Dawn joined PnPAuthors the first year it opened. She has been a wonderful writer and poet whom we have enjoyed very much on PnP. She wrote a group book with other PnPAuthors, and has always supported authors.

 

 

Please view Dawn Huffaker’s book Flights of Fancy: Volume 1. If you go to her website at, http://www.dawnhuffaker.com/   I promise you will not be disappointed. In fact, you will wonder why you never read her book before.

 




 

Make sure you go to these websites and see how creative Dawn is.

 

Blog Sites:


Dawn’s Awakening Blog: http://dawnhuffaker.wordpress.com/


 

 

PnPAuthors requested Dawn tell a little bit about herself, and this is what you told us.

 

 I am the eldest of two daughters. Both of my parents have degrees in Education. I have a degree in Computer Science. My sister has a degree in Veterinary Medicine.

 

While in school, I discovered I had a talent for writing poetry. Several teachers encouraged me to keep writing. My work appeared in the school newspapers. It was a lot of fun.

 

When I graduated from college, my love for poetry was on the back burner. Had to make a living. I founded a computer store in my local town. Ran it for seventeen years.

 

Now, I am pursuing my passion. Meeting people with the same interest has truly inspired me. I am growing all of the time. Finding new ways of expressing myself. Wonderful!

 
 

When did you write your first book?

 

I began in the fall of 2006. What lead you to do so? I started the project while I was still working. However, in the summer of 2006, I was very ill, and no longer able to work. Spent two months in the hospital. After I got home, started typing and organizing the poetry. This became one of my personal therapies. I’m not much of a couch potato so it was an outlet for me. I like to stay busy. The first edition was published in 2007 and revised for the second edition in 2008.

 

What was the most difficult part of writing your book?

 

I wanted to compile my best work in this first book. Mom helped gather up all of the scraps of paper that I had written on over the years. As I had time, I typed in each poem. I organized them by the year they were written, and then by subject. Once they were all in, the ones I thought the best were selected for the book.

 

This was the hardest part. First, to get everything organized, and then choose among your children. What I might think was the best, might not be for the reader. I guess time will tell if I chose right.

 

What blogs do you belong to and are they blogs that support you book.

 

The blogs that I listed above have my book on them for promotion.

 

What is the address to your book?

 


 

When did you join PnPAuthor?

 

I joined in March, 2013. This is an incredible website. Pattimari and Peter gave me the opportunity to explore other voices. I was able to collaborate on science fiction and mystery novels. Enjoyed sharing ideas with them and the other writers on this site.

 

What are you working on now?

 

I am working on a collaboration of poetry with Maria Kontaxis. The book will be titled I Will Fly. We are writing inspirational poems for people who have been affected by tragedies in their lives. The poems are both from our lives and our imaginations. We want the readers to know that you can survive a tragedy and be able to return to a normal life. Happiness will come with time.

 

The book will be out by Christmas this year. We are hoping to promote it worldwide. Maria lives in Australia, and I am in the USA. She has quite a following and I as well.

 

There will also be a calendar for this Christmas. It is a nature calendar which showcases new poetry that has been inspired by Mom’s amazing photography. We live near the forest and have many chances to capture nature’s incredible beauty.

 

Both projects will be available through Amazon.

 

Please go support Dawn by clicking on facebook, g+1, Twitter and any other website you can.