Cheryl Russell:  

Life August '09: Husband Fred & I live in SW WI w/ 2 daughters, oldest (Sarah) now 20 & on her own, off to college. Construction/repair on house continues. 2 years ago, we were in a disaster area for flooding & our basement (which was an old cellar type to begin with) went kaput. The new basement is in but lifting a house so old (125 years old) did damage to the structure, so we'll be in repair mode for some years yet. We love HGTV & home repair, my favorite store is Menards! So this works out. "eBay Income" is somewhat obsolete due to the changes to ebay's system this year, but it continues to sell and get good reviews. It was a best seller in its category on amazon for almost 2 years. Who would have guessed?? Not me! The exposure has given me some clout as a writer, although it's still easier to spit a pea from a straw and land it on the head a of giraffe in the African savannah than get fiction published. However, "Mother's Voices" is still in edit stage, obviously, for time constraint reasons. So no rush to publish that. I continue to hone my work and read good books. Books I've read recently include "Middlesex" but Jeffery Eugenides, "Centennial" by James Michener, and for fun, I've become hooked on the "Stephanie Plum" books by ...Expand for more