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Early in 2007, I entered a contest sponsored by the "Room Of Her Own Foundation", which was inspired by the words of Virginia Woolf: "A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write". The contest required two samples of my work. So I wrote my very first short stories. I didn't win the contest, but each time I read the stories, they still surprise me. (Read more)

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Presentations

Slideshows and handouts from presentations Jackie has given.

Quick Notes

Quick thoughts and comments on various writing-related topics.

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Old pictures that I thought were interesting, or that somebody else might be interested in

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  For Lady Sarah Marshbrooke, a Victorian painter of erotic art, finding suitable male models was an unending chore, until she solved the problem by bringing handsome low-class men into her house, creating her own little harem. Convinced by her painful past that she's incapable of love, Sarah maintains her emotional distance. Men come, men go, and paintings are painted. Until one man's parting words "You have taught me how to love" cause her to question her life. The next morning, an inadvertent confession begins a day that shatters her illusions, challenges her trust, forces her to face the ultimate parental betrayal, and ends with Sarah realizing she loves, and is loved, more than she ever dreamt possible.
  1/21/2010: IT'S DONE!!
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Biography

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Jackie lives in Chicago's western suburbs with her four sons (ages: 21, 19, 16, and 14), a dog, two cats and a 100+ year old house that she says is always in need of work.

She has a BSEE and an MBA, neither of which she really put to their intended use, and currently works from home as a web page developer. She spent 20+ years working in the corporate world, mostly in telecommunications and high-energy physics, as a programmer, technical writer, web page developer and manager. She's also a home-birth midwife, but quit practicing when Illinois started their midwife witch-hunt. (Read more)

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