Christina Francine

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Christina Francine is the Media Relations Director at Drollerie Press and will soon be a teacher. She holds a BA in Children's Literature and a minor in Writing. Her work can be found under Christina Francine and under Christina F. Whitcher. She has interviewed people like Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and written over 200 book reviews and cover copy. Besides writing non-fiction, Christina also writes fantasy as well as children's stories.

Besides reading and writing, other passions include being an advocate for migraine headache sufferers. "Not everyone realizes migraines are a disease," she says. Public awareness, better education, and running for health is important to her as well.

You can learn more about her at http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=26832421&trk=tab_pro

Visit her Blog:

http://runningforandinspiteoflife.wordpress.com

Published Work Sampling

* Article: “One of the Best Gifts Ever – Friends” (Illustrator: Alyssa Whitcher) http://www.spotbit.com/main/magazine.php?proj=1599&prod=1248

(remember this is copyrighted & may NOT be used w/out first contacting us at CFrancine@mail2world.com) :

“Friends”

A Sampling of Publication in Alphabetical Order:

* ARWZ Alternative Reality Writer's Zone Top 100 Sites http://www.topsitelists.com/bestsites/speculative/topsites.html

                     * Ash Tree Publishing http://www.ashtreepublishing.com Ash Tree Publishing's 'Weed Wanderings' Newsletter:
                        -Dec. 2002: http://www.susunweed.com/Weed_letter_December02.htm
                       -Jan. 2003: http://www.susunweed.com/Weed_letter_Jan03.htm#reviews

* Ed's Chronic Pain Site http://members.tripod.com /~EAT_2/Headache.html

* EOTU Ezine of Fiction, Art and Poetry http://www.clamcity.com/linkwriters.html

* HorseCity - Trivia: 'Test Your Horse Knowledge http://www.horsecity.com/stories/101100/gen_knowledge.shtml

* The Invisible Disabilities Advocate http://www.invisibledisabilities.com/websites.htm

* Modern Fantasy LINKS http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/1100/

* Sell Writing Online-Creating Worlds of Words http://writers.sellwritingonline.com/francine.html

* Stories for Children (an online magazine for children, parents, and teachers) http://storiesforchildren.tripod.com

--- You may read each issue by first downloading magazine first. You will then find my contributed pieces inside.

--- ‘Stories For Children’ is on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/storiesforchildrenmag

- April 2007 “One of the Best Gifts Ever – Friends” (Illustrator: Alyssa Whitcher)

http://www.spotbit.com/main/magazine.php?proj=1599&prod=1248

- June 2007 “Why Do Flower Petals Open Up?” (Illustrator: Alyssa Whitcher)

http://www.spotbit.com/main/magazine.php?proj=2350&prod=1667

- July 2007 Review of the book “Welcome to Fred.” http://astore.amazon.com/storforchilma-20/detail/0805425551

- September 2007 “Fun Weather Forecasting” (Illustrator: Alyssa Whitcher) http://storiesforchildren.tripod.com/id225.html

* Strange Horizons Publication http://www.strangehorizons.com/

* Susun Weed's Herbal Newsletter http://www.susunweed.com/Weed_letter_Archive.htm

* William Meikle Fiction Pages http://www.willie.meikle.btinternet.co.uk/links.html

* Writer's Showcase http://writers.sellwritingonline.com/francine.html

* Vegetarian Teen http://www.vegetarianteen.com/

* Vegetarian Baby & Child http://www.vegetarianbaby.com/

~ Interviews:

*Chelsea Quinn Yarbro http://www.irosf.com/q/zine/article/10155

*Joan Schweighardt http://www.yetanotherbookreview.com/interviews.htm

*An Interview with Judith Carruthers from Castleton State College (June 2006):

Interview of Christina (me) by Castleton State College in Vermont http://www.castleton.edu/careers/careertalk.html

(June 8, 2006) After you get to the ‘Career Talk’ page scroll down until you find ‘Careers in Writing,’ along with her name. Christina

talks about being a writer, a book-reviewer, how she got started, what it takes, and her experience.

~ Book, CD & Software Review Locations:

*Ash Tree Publishing/Weed Wanderings http://www.ashtreepublishing.com

*Barclay Books http://www.barclaybooks.com

*Beagle Bay Press http://www.beaglebay.com/gtsreviews.htm

*Bob Harper Productions "HorrorSound.com" http://www.horrorsound.com/

*Botanical.com http://www.botanical.com

*Divine Divas of the Web Newsletter

*Foreword Book Reviews http://www.forewordreviews.com

*GreyCore Press http://www.greycore.com/

*Midwest Book Review http://www.midwestbookreview.com

*Yet Another Book Review (sadly closed their doors Jan. 2008). I have written a lot of fantasy, horror, suspense, and other speculative

fiction reviews for them.

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