Missing persons in your neighborhood

“Missing persons could be just next door.” This statement by Monica Caison in a CNN Op-Ed tells the underlying theme of the three missing women found in Cleveland, Ohio by neighbors who responded to a cry for help.  

Caison says in her article “We live in a world filled with powerful technology that has enabled us to communicate faster and better, yet we seem to lack the simple face-to-face meeting that must take place when searching for clues and information in any type of investigation.”

I’ve read dozens of articles and viewed hundreds of photos to prepare this post, but Caison says it best. Other missing persons may be out there, just next door, waiting for freedom. Be proactive. Form a Neighborhood Watch in cooperation with your local law enforcement agency. 

 

Read Caison's May 10, 2013 article here:  CNN Monica Caisson 

 

Fifty-word bio

A bio, short for biography, is just that – short. It’s a summation of basic facts about the author. It mentions publications, awards or successes, and current works in progress. It begins with your name and ends with web links.

“Never use never or always,” may sound like good advice, but it doesn’t apply to bios. Never, never, never write your bio in the first person bragging tense. Always write your bio in the third person. Use the pronouns “she” and “her” (him/his) to describe your accomplishments.

Be concise. Bios for anthologies are usually limited to 100 words, but only half that for my nonfiction short story, Miracle on a Train, in Christmas Miracles, an anthology by Cecil Murphey (St. Martin’s Press, October 2009). The max limit cut out all the frills, with no space for my seventeen-word final web links sentence. So, I cut my favorite “Visit my website at http://www.carrtwins.com/ for books and my blogs at http://violetsvibes.blogspot.com/ and http://violetsvibes.wordpress.com/for writing tips.” I inserted the website, the most important link, and omitted the blogs.

Violet Moore is the author of In The Right Place and Moments of Meditation and co-creator of Carr Twins & Co. (www.carrtwins.com) publishing. She is an inspirational writer and speaker and a featured contributor to an international women’s ministry website. She is Vice President of California Writer’s Club, Tri-Valley Branch.

That’s my bio in exactly fifty words.