Name
Tahjia Chapman

Location
North Carolina, right now.

Primary Business Venture
Internet Consultant (SEO copywriting, e-marketing) & Copywriting

Years in business
1-2 years

Favorite Books
+ DaVinci Code
+ Understanding Wall Street
+ The Titan

Favorite Movie
+ Most of the horror genre

Favorite TV Show
+ CSI: Miami, NY
+ The Closer
+ Law & Order: SVU

Hobbies
+ Writing
+ Reading
+ Tutoring High School Students
+ Assisting Youth Volleyball/Basketball
+ Graphic Design

Hope this is enough for everyone to get a feel of who I am!

I look forward to meeting and learning a lot from this forum.

T. Chapman

Name
Mikael Jisander

Age
40

Location
Lund, Sweden

Primary Business Venture
Copywriter & Sound Designer

Years in business
- Since 1999

Favorite Interests
- Gadgets
- Nature
- Sound FX recording

Favorite Books (and authors)
- A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole
- For whom the bell tolls, Ernest Hemingway
- Notes of a Dirty Old Man, Charles Bukowski

Favorite Movie
- The Godfather

Favorite TV Show
- The Simpsons

Favorite Websites
- Gearslutz
- Mixomera

Favorite Quote
"Write something to suit yourself and many people will like it.
Write something to suit everybody and scarcely anyone will care for it."
Jesse Stuart

Name
Mikael Jisander

Age
40

Location
Lomma, Sweden

Primary Business Venture
Copywriter & Sound Designer

Years in business
- Since 1999

Favorite Interests
- Gadgets
- Nature
- Sound FX Recording

Favorite Books (and authors)
- For whom the bell tolls, Ernest Hemingway
- A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole
- Notes of a dirty old man, Charles Bukowski

Favorite Movie
- The Godfather

Favorite TV Show
- The Simpsons

Favorite Websites
- Gearslutz
- Mixomera

Favorite Quote
"Write something to suit yourself and many people will like it.
Write something to suit everybody and scarcely anyone will care for it."
Jesse Stuart

Name
Bonnie Kerrigan Snyder, D.Ed.

Age
42

Location
Lancaster, PA (originally from Jersey)

Primary Business Venture
Writer/Educator

College
Harvard-A.B. in English Literature
Virginia Tech-Master's in Counseling
Penn State-Doctorate in Higher Education

Years in business
10 + as a writer (combined with college teaching--Psychology)

Favorite Interests
Family
Investments (gold bug)
Travel

Favorite Book
Richard III
Angela's Ashes
Rabbit, Run

Favorite Movie
Rocky

Favorite TV Show
Monk
British Office

My Website(s) I wish to share
www.thewritingdoc.com
www.publicschoolparent.com
(both still need finishing touches. . .)

Most beneficial ebook, course, etc.
I enjoyed AWAI--especially the Internet course
Bob Bly
Brian Tracy
Peter Bowerman


Hobbies
I play bagpipes and hang out at the PA Renaissance Faire with my kids

Nice to meet you all! I'm enjoying reading your discussions and will be joining in.

Name
John Lovehaur

Age
36

Location
Detroit, MI

Primary Business Venture
Writer

College
Nova Southeastern
Master of Science

Years in business
4+

Favorite Interests
Family
Marketing
Trading

Favorite Book
Holy Bible
Favorite Movie
Ordinary People

Favorite TV Show
Monk
Faulty Towers

My Website(s) I wish to share
Copywriting Scoring Software

Most beneficial ebook, course, etc.
Michel Fortin's Blog
John Carlton's Course
Joe Vitale's Course
James Brausch's Blog


Hobbies
Pretending Detroit is actually a city, and not an urban horror film come to life.

Name
Don Pinger

Age
47

Location
South Carolina

Primary Business Venture
Partner in Historical tour company

College
None

Years in business
Tour company- 1 year

Been in sales for 23 years.automobiles,Home improvements, Insurance, Business opportunities, investor relations.....

I've also owned a few small business in the past but nothing spectacular.


Favorite Interests
My Girlfriend
Living overseas
reading
marketing
Traveling
Blogging

Favorite Book
The Bible
Unlimited power- Tony Robbins
Awaken the Giant Within - Tony Robbins
Four Hour Work Week - Timothy Ferriss
Success Principle - Jack Canfield
How to get everything you want with all you've got-Jay Abraham
Too many more to mention....

Favorite Movie
Usual suspects
Bronx tale

Favorite TV Show
Everybody loves Raymond (reruns)
Globe Trekker (PBS)
Ugly Betty

Favorite Sports Teams
Florida Marlins

Favorite Websites
Fil-Am Forum Report (my blog)
Copywriters forum (thank god I found you guys)

Who do you look up to in business
Art Williams

Favorite Quote
It's the things you do...that you don't have to do..that determine the difference...when it's too late...to do anything else about it

Name: Virginia Beck

Age: 41

Location: Spicewood, Texas (just west of Austin, in the Texas Hill Country)

Primary business venture: Freelance feature writer and photographer

College: B.A. English Lit., Johns Hopkins; M.A. English Lit., Columbia

Years in business: 6 as a freelance writer

Favorite interests: My little boy, Bjørn, now almost 2, and whatever he's into at the moment. Right now it's SAND.

Favorite book: Of Human Bondage is my all-time standout. I really love a great mystery--Martha Grimes, Robert Parker, and P.D. James are my favorite mystery authors.

Favorite movies/TV: Boogie Nights, Rushmore, and Election would probably be my desert-island-with-a DVD-player picks. The only TV we watch is what comes out on Netflix. Sopranos of course, plus Six Feet Under. Hopelessly out of touch mother of 2-year-old speaking.

Favorite Web site: Etsy.com

Why I'm here: I happened upon a link to this site while cruising MediaBistro.com for freelance writing gigs (nearly impossible to score when you live out in the Texas sticks). Thanks for the radical shift in perspective on writing and its power.

Name
Charles Smith

Age
47

Location
South Carolina

Primary Business Venture
1) Trainer / Instructional Designer / Technical Writer
2) Software Development and Marketing

College
BS General Engineering

Years in business
Started in 1991 using public domain materials - before they were cool!

Favorite Interests
My wife and 7 kids...
Learning new things...

Favorite Book
The Bible
Anything by John Maxwell!

Favorite Movie
Gray Lady Down
Top Gun

Favorite TV Show
The Apprentice

Who do you look up to in business
Those who blazed the trails on which I ride.....

Favorite Quote
Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Albert Einstein

Name
Audrey Daniels

Age
44

Location
Manchester, Conn

Primary Business Venture
Global Resorts Network Membership Specialist

Years in business
- 2007

Favorite Interests
- Helping Others Help Themselves!

Favorite Books (and authors)
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad (Robert Kyiosaki)


Favorite Movie
- Scarface

Favorite TV Show
- Girlfriends

Favorite Websites
- TheVacationDivas.com

Favorite Quote
"Do not go where the path may lay. Go instead where there IS no path and BLAZE a trail!"

Name
Taryn May

Age
22

Location
Greenville, South Carolina

Primary Business Venture
Freelance Copywriter

Years in business
Just getting started!

Favorite Interests
Playing with my two Boxer puppies Tybee and Mason, digital photography and teaching a Pre-GED writing course with a local literacy group.

Favorite Books (and authors)
I was an English major so this could take awhile! Anything by Pat Conroy, The Great Gatsby, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Confederates in the Attic and most recently Bob Bly's stuff and Well Fed Writer.

Favorite Movie
Casablanca

Favorite TV Show
Friends and silly MTV "reality" shows... The Hills, Real World, etc.

Favorite Websites
Postsecret.com, drudgereport.com, perezhilton.com

Favorite Quote
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."