Lazette Gifford - 8 April 2007

Hi! I'm Lazette Gifford and I live in Nebraska (the middle of USA) with my wonderful husband and several crazed cats. I am a writer -- and writing takes first place in my work world. It's something I do every day, and my stories and novels have been published in both electronic and print format, including material from Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine,Double Dragon Publishing, Yard Dog Press, Ideomancer and Fables.

I am the owner and site administrator of Forward Motion a writers' community of over 11,000 members -- which runs remarkably well, thanks to a wonderful staff of moderators and tech people. For the last seven years, I've produced Vision: A Resource for Writers. This is a nonfiction ezine with articles on different aspects of writing, as well as interviews with authors. I am also the head of a fantasy imprint for a small press/ebook publisher.

Photography has always been an important part of my world, and the advent of digital images has allowed me to share more of them than ever before, including my Picture a day blog. I also have a blog where I post pictures from the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska. This blog has won the attention of many teachers and some magazines. Several of the pictures now also appear on the University of Michigan's Animal Diversity Web Site. In the last two years, I've also become interested in digital art, using programs like Daz Studio, Bryce and Carrara.

Visit Lazette's site at http://lazette.net/.