Lynette Sheppard

I've been writing since I could grasp a pencil in my chubby little fingers. I've been reading even longer.

My first published writing was a dreadful little poem that I wrote when I was ten. Still, it was mine. My next published writings, almost twenty years later, were in nursing journals and books on alternative healing.

In the past (seems like lifetimes ago) I was a critical care nurse and an Enneagram personality consultant. I love writing non-fiction because I couldn't begin to make up anything as weird and wonderful as life itself. Just sayin'...

I've written two books:  "The Everyday Enneagram, A Personality Map For Enhancing Your Work, Love, and Life....Everyday" and "Becoming A Menopause Goddess", an ebook available here in the Kindle store. It's about so much more than menopause; creating the second half of our lives, visioning, legacy, reimagining relationships with self and others. It's not my story alone but the combined wit and wisdom of our group of menopause goddesses who meet every year to share synergy. I'm proud to be our scribe. (A paperback version was previously released under the title "The Big M" - available at thebigmwebsite.com.)

A few years ago, I started blogging on these two topics, (menopause and the enneagram) having NO IDEA that I would love it so freaking much. I also blog on iPhone photographic art, combining a number of my passions in one place.

I'm currently working on a new book about moving to the unique culture of my adopted home in Moloka`i, Hawai`i; sort of a stranger-in-a-strange-land story. Whatever you may think, Moloka`i is not the U.S.A, passports and taxes notwithstanding. It's the nation of Hawai`i and I am a lucky expatriate indeed.

I hope to complete an e-book on iPhone photo art soon. Watch for it here on Amazon. In the meantime, I highly recommend my husband Dewitt Jones's e-book iPhone Art In My Life. Regardless whether you have a smart phone or take digital pictures, it's a spectacular celebration of the beauty in our world. Check it out.

I split my time between two paradises: Moloka`i Hawai`i and Lake Tahoe, Nevada. I live with my husband, 2 cats, and an old, sweet rescue dog. I love to hear from readers - you can write me at molokaigirl777@yahoo.com.