Author Bio
Margaret has been writing about the themes of family and the childhood experience since her teenage years. In college she minored in English and then went on to earn her Masters in Liberal Studies with a focus on creative writing where she completed her novel, Moondigar, as her thesis project. She currently works as a freelance writer for various online sites as well as publishes her fiction and poetry. Her areas of expertise are gardening, quilting, creative writing, personal finance, movies/entertainment, beauty, parenting, relationships, home/lifestyle, and green living. In her free time she makes quilts and is the creator of www.quilterson.com an online quilting community. She currently lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia with her husband and daughter.
In progress...
May-09 Check out http://mtelschwilliams.blogspot.com/ daily to read along as I revise a novel from rough draft to publishable.
Feb 09--Now on twitter.com, username quilterson.
Jan 09--Have written over 130 articles for Demand Studios. Find some of them at eHow.com under the member name ds_margar15818.
Dec 08--With Christmas approaching, find my article on decorating published here:http://www.life123.com/article_FullArticle/Simplify-Your-Christmas-Decorating_1205353921374.html?SecondaryID=4000052996001
Nov 08 Winner of National Novel Writing Month at www.nanowrimo.org, a contest to write 50,000 words in one month. The novel Seeing In the Dark is now under revision.
Oct 08--present Contributor on hubpages.com and helium.com. Articles can be found at http://hubpages.com/profile/mtwilliams and http://www.helium.com/users/470269
Aug 08--present Creator of www.quilterson.com, maintaining www.quilterson.ning.com and writing weekly articles for the Quilterson blog.
Nov 05--present Co-host of The Weekly Blend Audio Show a podcast for http://www.widescreenwarrior.com focuses on movie and DVD releases, movie production and casting news, and a little bit of celebrity stink.