Writing a Bio

My assignment: write a bio.  

You "can't" have a website under your name without an explanation of who you are. 

I wish you could.  How do you sum up your life in a neat little bundle?  How do you choose the words to make it interesting to read but not give away too much of your mystery?  You've got to hook the reader so that they want to learn more. You've got to make people want to come back and see what you're writing, doing, thinking.   Does my life have that power?  Do I?

So here is what I wrote:

Carol Sturgeon is the person behind the words printed here.  Carol writes because she is and always has been a writer.  It has taken her half a life time to discover this basic truth.   For her, writing is as natural as breathing.  This is where her breath takes the form of words. 

Carol is a free lance writer and is a rather rare form of English Major who had the opportunity to work in her field, as an Editorial Assistant for a small trade journal, Resource Recycling and later as a Textbook Coordinator for a division of the publishing giant, Harcourt Brace.  Leaving the world of business to start a family, she is the mother of two children.  She writes whenever she can and is currently working on her first book.

Carol can be reached by writing to:  carolsturgeon@gmail.com


Okay on a scale of one to ten, ten being the best bio ever and one being the worst.  How do you think this one rates?  Since I'm usually trapped in Carol's body, objectivity can elude me.