About

Autobios are difficult to write. They make me squirm. Once a Midwest editor of a lifestyle magazine changed my bio; she didn’t want me to be from NYC.  So she made me a native of nowhere.

By day, I’m a Director of  Doc Production and Publishing in a corporate office.
By end of day, I’m in my car headed home to husband HM and the occasional kid that drops in, thank goodness, because being an occasional empty nester is tough enough!
By night, I freelance. And cook, converse, laugh and have adventures with this awesome family of which I am a part: two kids and a gorgeous husband. One dog. Two, when our daughter stops over and brings along her marvelous mutt.

While I’m not a fitness junkie (yet), I am into the walking thing, one of the few places to be alone and measure my writing progress. 

Music? I love it all, though likely to approach it in genres. Don’t make me listen to country music, please. Don’t throw me into that briar patch. I try, I try and maybe the day HM buys me a horse, I’ll play that music in the barn. But now, I’m an urban music junkie and also (oddly?) love Celtic stuff. This house is full of music and musicians. HM and Snarl (husband and son) both play bass. HM plays in a band. Snarl is making noises like he’s going to join one as well. It’s been a while since I’ve sat down at the piano but it’s all there, from years of lessons.

Art? Whatever’s there when I walk through the museum is great although I spend some Zen moments in front of Monet’s Water Lilies. Don’t give me that Impressionism-is-shit nonsense.

Books are part of our family’s shelfscape.

Dream –  To have my own soup cafe where you sit and sup on my homemade stuff long into the night, discussing literature, discussing ANYTHING, with people you want to be with. Small tables, linen cloths, bookshelves on all the walls, candlelight, French bread, sweet butter…I’ll let you know when I open it.

Writing is my thing; there’s nothing special about that. I am a lifestlye journalist, published on topics you don’t need: design, fashion, books, etc. I have written news but find it clammy and disturbing. And though I enjoy reading the occasional blog, I am surprised at how much time people spend on them. Yet here I am, too.

A book? Have I done a book? Yes, if you put my articles and columns all together, probably several. And I won a book project from Liguori Publication, to be acquistions and development editor for an original book of prayers, though, no, spiritual and religious writing is not my thing. It’s a wonderful little book, an excellent opportunity that happened because of proximity to a book publisher. Sometimes, that’s the publishing game. Knowing someone.

I took my writing “creds” off here. Struck me as totally ridiculous this morning as I rewrite this page a bit. All I know is, when I sit down to write, it feels good.

Write me at dilosciale at charter dot net.