Raised in Virginia by a Southern lady and a WWII pilot, Tina has a very busy life. She is Veteran Services Charmian of her DAR chapter (Daughters of the American Revolution). She meets once a month with her Kiwi chapter (retired American Airlines flight attendants are Kiwis, birds that don’t fly). Her EAA chapter (Experimental Aircraft Association) at the Naples airport is mentoring Young Eagles to build an airplane. Young Eagles are ages 8 to 17 years old and get to experience flying in a single-engine prop airplane for free. Tina volunteers in the background.

She is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Bonita Springs and enjoys tennis, dancing, and traveling to Cape Cod.

I am a ghostwriter, editor, and nonfiction writer currently living in Fort Myers, Florida, USA (recently moved from Prague, Czech Republic, where I was working as an ESL teacher). I studied at Indiana University, Bloomington, where I received a master’s degree in ethnomusicology. Before that, I received a bachelor’s in linguistics and folklore.  Aside from writing, my interests include reading, traveling, learning about other cultures, languages, history, animals, health, social justice, art, music, and overanalyzing the fantasy worlds in the cartoons my kid watches. Currently, I write mostly nonfiction, especially essays that merge nature and the environment with human issues. I also love writing about music. In the past, I’ve written short stories (one has appeared in Times of the Islands magazine), and I have a still-unpublished horror novella.

Lori’s website: https://lalehtheghost.wordpress.com/