Dionna L. Mann
The author of my story, Freedom Pen, is Dionna L. Mann. She’s lived here in Greene County for 25 years, and quite likes the mountain air, friendly folks, and slower pace of things. (But we all know she ain’t from these parts, comes from some such place called Chicago, Illinois.)
As someone who likes scratchin’ with a pen, she’s spun yarns and such for folks 'round here in Charlottesville Family, The Greene County Record, The Culpeper Star-Exponent, The Orange County Review, and Edible Blue Ridge.
She’s also spun ‘em for folks over yonder in ICL and SCBWI newsletters and in online children’s magazines. She claims to have sold a piece about James Madison’s place, Montpelier, to Highlights for Children, a poem to Ladybug, and an article about a great-horned owl to Cricket, but I ain’t seen them, yet. (She wanted me to mention that “yarns” ain’t no way to reference nonfiction and human-interest articles written by a freelance journalist, but I don’t fancy high-sounding words.)
She says you can read a sample of her work online, but standing on a line to read sounds like pure foolishness to me, but there it is on page 44.
I reckon I could say loads more about her, but I ain’t gonna.
Billy
(P.S. If you'd like to contact her, fill in the form below and she'll try her best to respond, but she ain't promising.)
As someone who likes scratchin’ with a pen, she’s spun yarns and such for folks 'round here in Charlottesville Family, The Greene County Record, The Culpeper Star-Exponent, The Orange County Review, and Edible Blue Ridge.
She’s also spun ‘em for folks over yonder in ICL and SCBWI newsletters and in online children’s magazines. She claims to have sold a piece about James Madison’s place, Montpelier, to Highlights for Children, a poem to Ladybug, and an article about a great-horned owl to Cricket, but I ain’t seen them, yet. (She wanted me to mention that “yarns” ain’t no way to reference nonfiction and human-interest articles written by a freelance journalist, but I don’t fancy high-sounding words.)
She says you can read a sample of her work online, but standing on a line to read sounds like pure foolishness to me, but there it is on page 44.
I reckon I could say loads more about her, but I ain’t gonna.
Billy
(P.S. If you'd like to contact her, fill in the form below and she'll try her best to respond, but she ain't promising.)
