{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"crowdspring Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog","author_name":"Audree Rowe","author_url":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/author\/audree\/","title":"12 Questions: Meet Grace Conlon (USA) - crowdspring Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"NZiSG4jFGq\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/12-questions-meet-grace-conlon-usa\/\">12 Questions: Meet Grace Conlon (USA)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/12-questions-meet-grace-conlon-usa\/embed\/#?secret=NZiSG4jFGq\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;12 Questions: Meet Grace Conlon (USA)&#8221; &#8212; crowdspring Blog\" data-secret=\"NZiSG4jFGq\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community \u2013 in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly \u2013 activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something very special, and we\u2019ll take notice. We\u2019re very proud to feature Grace Wall Conlon (crowdSPRING username: gracewc) today. Grace is from Brooklyn, New York and currently lives and works in Provo, Utah. 1. Please tell us about yourself. Date of Birth: December 7, 1921 (I am in my 90th year and still working as a free-lance writer. I do not ever plan to retire.) Although I\u2019ve lived and worked in many other cities and states, I still consider Brooklyn to be my home town. I\u2019ve lived in Wantagh, L.I; Boynton Beach, FL; Greenwich, CT; the Hamptons, L.I. N.Y.; Westport, CT; the Upper East Side of Manhattan, N.Y.; Bountiful, UT; Salt Lake City, UT; Orem, UT; Spanish Fork, UT; Provo, UT (where I currently reside). I\u2019ve written for newspapers and magazines in many of these places, e.g. as a columnist for Advertising Age in NYC; technical writer for Marketing Communications magazine, NYC; publisher\/writer, illustrator for The Sandpiper magazine, Boca Raton; reporter for Greenwich Time\/The Advocate, Stamford, CT; reporter\/columnist for Utah County Journal, Springville, UT; reporter\/columnist for Orem Daily News, Orem, UT; reporter\/columnist for The Spanish Fork Press, Spanish Fork, UT; columnist for the Daily Herald, Provo, UT; contributor to Utah Business magazine; contributor to Connect magazine, UT. 2. How did you become interested in writing? I\u2019ve been writing all my life \u2013 prose, poetry, technical studies, short stories, novels, news stories, investigative journalism \u2013 just about any form of writing you might imagine. I wrote my first poem at seven years of age and I still write both serious poetry and jingles. I\u2019ve written three novels, one of which I self-published. I am considering doing the same for the second one. I\u2019ve also written a screen play for an animated feature but other than submitting it to the Academy ofMotion Picture Arts several years ago during a contest, I\u2019ve done nothing more with it. It made it to the final leg of the contest, though. The screen play was expanded from an original short story I wrote for a magazine I was publishing in Florida. I really write because I need this outlet, I guess. The business end of promoting my work leaves me absolutely cold. My published novel is \u201cSatan\u2019s Caravan, A Victory Over the Adversary.\u201d I wrote it in 1978 but didn\u2019t self-publish until 1995. This novel has a very interesting story attached to it and, if you would like, I\u2019ll tell the background in a separate story. Some very unusual aspects prompted me to self publish. 3.\u00a0Who\/what are some of the biggest influences on your writing? My interest in writing continued through my school years, both in grade school and high school..."}