About this user
I received my Bachelor's degree in Creative Writing from The University of South Carolina, and spent over ten years writing press releases and other fun and not-so-fun stuff for non-profit organizations. While my work was meaningful and applauded -- I was listed on the South Carolina Arts Commission's Forty Lists Project as an "Outstanding Arts Administrator" -- not too long ago, I found a clipping from Skirt magazine. They published one of my stories while I was in college, and then subsequently published a letter to the editor that sung of my brilliance. Reminded of the love of writing, I decided to go back to my writing roots and now teach writing workshops and send out pound upon pound of dead trees with hope of being published.
I also design Web sites for clients such as Tiempo Latino Latin Jazz Radio, R.L. Gibson (artist), Jeff Lofton (jazz musician), Dean Lofton (writer and publicist), Symphony League, The Town of Winnsboro, Pine Tree Playhouse, Jenny Mae Creations, Shell Consulting, Southern Valet and more. For additional information, be sure to visit my Web site toniturbeville.com.
In addition, I enjoy photography and collage work. I have had work in numerous shows, and was invited to participate in such events as the Columbia Museum of Art Contemporaries Young Artist of the Year, AIDS Benefit Foundation's Dining with Friends and the South Carolina Philharmonic Painted Violins project.
Age
37
Hometown
Lexington, South Carolina
Country
United States
Occupation
writer, artist, PR maven
Schools
The University of South Carolina, B.A. English (Creative Writing)
Interests
art, music, culture, reading, writing, photography, religion, people, cats, squirrels, graphic design, poetry, non-fiction, fiction, children's literature, puppets, wax museums, life, death, sex, bats, cooking, pushing the envelope, flattening the box, blinding people with science, taxidermy, bipolar disorder, civil rights, Halloween, Native American history and culture, sociology, pop-up books, vampirism, pornography, erotica, playing the piano, playing the clarinet, records, science, chemistry, the world and everything in it, old clocks, cameras, whooping cranes, all things retro, anthropology, forensics, buddhism, taoism, paganism, motorcycles, tattoos, travel
