I'd always been endlessly fascinated by other people, by how and why they communicate, by what motivates them, by what frightens them, by what impassions them. I thought, then, that I'd get a degree in speech and communications -- aha, so that's what I should do in life! But, two years into the program, I decided no, it wasn't a communications degree that I'd wanted; psychology was actually my thing. But, I still was only dancing around what I really wanted to be when I finally grew up. Then, at age almost-29, I had my first child, and I realized that I wanted to work at home, to somehow balance my still foggy career plans with being as fulltime a mom as possible. So, out of that terribly confusing mix came my career as a freelance writer. When writing, I focus on the people behind the thing, the fears and desires behind the facts. In my book, >Bout Boomerangs: America's Silent Sport, for example, I wanted to find out how and why champion boomerang throwers were so incredibly fascinated by a returning stick, why they were so willing to dedicate valuable time, energy and talent to the mystique of the ancient boomerang. And, when I interview an author for America Online's Writers Club, reading the book of his or hers is always fun. But, what I really want to know is this -- what drove this author to lay it all on the line for this specific subject, to invent this particular make-believe character, to spend years inside the head of someone who doesn't really exist? Endlessly, endlessly fascinating. Visit my web page. Email me: DARKPRINT@aol.com Kelly You are person number to visit my home page.