Terrie Lynn Bittner

I am a freelance writer living in Pennsylvania. Growing up in a house which had books falling from shelves, poking out from under sofas, and stacked in every odd corner, I naturally became curious about the people who wrote books. My mother taught me how to create my own stories and was, for many years, my personal creative writing coach. My father helped me learn to explore the world as an independent scholar.

I married Lincoln Bittner in 1980 and am the mother of three grown children. When I am not writing, I enjoy computers, reading, family history, teaching, and not doing housework. My husband and I own TML Seminars (http://www.tmlseminars.com), which now actually provides a wide range of business services:

I have published in various educational, religious, historical, and family publications both online and off. My publishing credits include LD Online, Education World, Homeschool Horizons Magazine, Ensign, New Era, Liahona, Feminista, Teach at Home, Canada5.com, and Heroines in History. I have written online columns for several sites and currently write a weekly column on family life at BellaOnline.com. My husband and I own a business services company caled TML Business Services.

I began formally homeschooling my children in the early 1990s, although I had preschooled them and supplemented their educations all their lives. Early in my homeschooling career, I became frustrated by the unrealistic portrayal of homeschooling I found in most books, and later on the Internet. When I began my web page, now called Treasured Time, I was challenged by a reader to tell the truth about homeschooling. I continued that mission when I wrote a homeschooling column. My goal has been to show parents how they can successfully teach their children regardless of disability, organizational skills, lack of education or other challenges that might seem to stand in the way. I believe successful homeschooling requires little more than love and determination, and my first homeschooling book promotes this ideal.