Biography:

lyw spent her post-University writing career publishing pieces of poetry and short fiction in literary journals such as, beet-red, INK, the Dandelion, the Diviners and Existere. She also did a brief run of poetry readings in her local cafe scene.

lyw has led two writing workshops within several metro high schools. Since then, she has been working on two larger works, "Faustus, your daughter" and a mock-comic book novel, "Spacegirls." She has worked in songwriting and playwriting and does freelance work in biography blurbs and press kits.

In order to motivate herself, she balances her writing career with studies in that which is physically engaging: drum lessons, tai chi, breakdancing, boxing, salsa -- a path that has been critical in the development of her latest work, a new theme driven once through the body and twice through the brain into the poetic form and website called: "This Business of Dance and Music."

Activity:

Many years ago, published in:

beet-red - 2 poems
INK - 2 poems
the Dandelion - 1 poem
the Diviners - short story
Existere - short story

Sometime in early 2000's:

- 15 minutes of my poetry aired on CKLN Poetree hour.

In 2002:

- launched arts, community website for dancers, writers and musicians called, This Business of Dance and Music.

Since then, have written and published various articles that have been linked to other various websites worldwide.

I have also put my publishing name,'lyw', at the top of the major search engines.

Full list of articles:

- Written on the Body: Bellydancing and the Feminine Aesthetic

- The Roots & Culture Review: When Spoken Word Bests Dance and Music

- Salsation Europe 2004 with Orville Small

- Review: Toronto Capoiera – a brief history of Brazil & Africa in dance, music and survival

- Salsa Viva Portugal

- The Salsa Dancer Revisits Buddha printed by Ricebitz emagazine

- Toronto Salsa

- Online, Self-publishing for the Unknown Writer

From the Outposts of Hip Hop:
- The Stylordz: "Hip Hop as a Physical Science"

- MasiaOne: "Create Something from Nothing"

- I also write bio-blurbs for other artists' portfolios

In 2003:

- 2 hiphop articles translated and reprinted on IDance.ru - a Russian dance emagazine. 1 went to print in Russia.

- 2 articles printed in Ricebitz.com emag.