Donna Carbone:  

Married for thirty five years and the mother of the two grown children, I began writing at the age of ten. My first success was winning a poetry contest in the third grade at, you got it, St. Mary's. From that moment forward, I realized that the written word was as vital to my survival as food and air, although in a battle with chocolate, M&Ms might win. I continued to write all through my school years, but marriage and motherhood eventually intervened. My son's graduation from the University of Miami with a degree in theater and his subsequent success as a screen writer in Los Angeles awakened my desire for "more." I began writing poetry and short stories and am presently working on a semi-biographical work of fiction entitled "Private Hell," which I hope to finish by next summer. I a...Expand for more