Happy Wodin’s Day, folks! It’s time again for another Ten Things post, and I know you’ll enjoy today’s guest, Sharon Marchisello. Please help me welcome Sharon to her first visit on The Write Stuff. Sharon, it’s your turn now: take it away!
Ten Things You May Not Know About Me
by Sharon Marchisello
- I was born a Yankee, but I grew up in Texas–and no one ever let me forget that I was a Yankee!
- When I was a little girl, I dreamed of becoming the first woman president. I’m not into politics, but I’ve been president of my Toastmasters club and my Sisters in Crime chapter.
- I earned my Master Gardener certification in Fayette County, Georgia, but please don’t look at my yard as an example of my work.
- Thanks to a Rotary scholarship, I lived and studied in Tours, France, for a year when I was in my twenties. I keep in touch with many friends I made over there and still speak passable French.
- Despite a fear of public speaking, I earned my Distinguished Toastmaster award from Toastmasters International. (I’m still not crazy about public speaking, but I can do it.)
- I love animals. If I’m honest, I probably like them better than most people.
- I love to travel. My husband and I have taken over 60 cruises and visited over 100 countries. Can’t wait for this pandemic to be over so I can visit more places on my bucket list.
- Although I love to read, I’m very slow. I learned to read aloud, and I still stumble over words I can’t pronounce. But reading slowly helps me be a good editor/proofreader.
- Even before I could put pencil to paper, I told stories. I wrote my first novel when I was still in high school. It wasn’t very good.
- Math was my least favorite subject in school, but I enjoy playing the stock market, belonged to an investment club for five years, and I manage all our household finances.
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Author Sharon Marchisello
Sharon Marchisello is the author of two mysteries published by Sunbury Press. Going Home (2014) was inspired by her mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Secrets of the Galapagos (2019) deals with mayhem on a Galapagos cruise.
Besides novels, Sharon has written short stories, travel articles, corporate training manuals, screenplays, and book reviews. Her blog, Countdown to Financial Fitness, and nonfiction book, Live Well, Grow Wealth, deal with personal finance. She earned a Masters in Professional Writing from the University of Southern California and is an active member of Sisters in Crime.
Sharon grew up in Tyler, Texas, and earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Houston in French and English. Retired from a 27-year career with Delta Air Lines, she now lives in Peachtree City, Georgia, and does volunteer work for the Fayette Humane Society.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonmarchisello/
https://www.bookbub.com/profile/sharon-marchisello
http://sharonmarchisello.blogspot.com/ (Personal Finance blog, Countdown to Financial Fitness)
Contact Info:
https://smarchisello.wordpress.com/contact-me/
Email: smarchisello@hotmail.com
I love animals too 🙂 I have a house full. I’m impressed you’ve done 60 cruises. We did our first one a couple of years ago, it was impressive. Great list, and good to get to know you better here, Sharon 🙂
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Thanks! Can’t wait to get back to traveling and cruising. But at least I have more time at home now with my foster cats.
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Hello Sharon, did your year in France give you the taste for travel?
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I actually had a taste for travel long before I spent a year in France. I did my first tour of Europe at age 16, with a high school group, and my family took a lot of road trips around the United States and into Mexico. I had an uncle who traveled for a living and he used to send me postcards from all over the world. I think that was how I got my first taste for travel.
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Great school trip! Also good your parents showed you your own country as well. I have been collecting picture post cards since I was eight so I would have loved an uncle like that. My older son was posted to the USA for three years so his children have seen a good few special places in the USA and Canada where their aunt is posted!
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Yes, I think seeing those picture cards made the places seem more real to me, and they made me want to visit someday.
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It’s surprising how many of us would put #6 on our list.
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I don’t understand people who don’t care for animals. They’re so innocent and full of unconditional love! I’m usually more horrified hearing a story about something bad happening to an animal than I am when it’s people.
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I’m the same way.
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Fascinating! I’m with floridaborne regarding point 6 and that last one was a real surprise. Love these, Marcia!
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Thanks, Alex. These questions are a fun way to see how much we have in common!
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Wow, Sharon—60 cruises and 100 countries?!?! You are indeed well-traveled!
Like you, I LOVE animals, and I also am not fond of speaking in public but can do when I have to. I probably should look into Toastmasters!
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Thanks, Mae. We have lots in common! I found Toastmasters very helpful. It’s a supportive group, and the projects appealed to my goal-oriented side.
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“. . . but please don’t look at my yard as an example of my work,” haha, Ms. Marchisello has a great sense of humor! I enjoyed this 10 Things post and learning more about the author.
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Thanks, Priscilla. I felt like an impostor in my Master Gardener class, as so many of the other students were lifelong gardeners with green thumbs. But it’s a learning opportunity.
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Nice to meet you, Sharon! Your list is great. I don’t like public speaking either but can do it if I have to.
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Thanks! Toastmasters was a great way to get over some of those fears in a supportive environment.
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Nice getting to know you better, Sharon!
Thanks, Marcia.
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Thanks, Staci and Marcia!
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Thanks so much for featuring me, Marcia! And thanks to all who read, comment, and share!
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It was my pleasure to have you here today, Sharon, and I agree with everyone else: your list is fascinating! I’m with you 100% on animals, both domestic, and wildlife. (I give wildlife talks at 2 local venues every month here, and truly love sharing what I’ve learned about Florida’s critters). And nothing horrifies me more than reading about deliberate cruelty to animals. Your travels have been amazing, too!
Thanks so much for being our guest today! 😊
PS, I may need to respond to these comments a bit later. I need to rest a bit now, but I’ll be back!)
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Reblogged this on OPENED HERE >> https:/BOOKS.ESLARN-NET.DE.
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Thanks so much for the reblog!
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With a great pleasure, and many thanks for wirting such books like about Galapagos.
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What a wonderful lifeline. Thank you, Sharon! A great pleasure to get you know better, now. I have to admit, that I had to google “Yankee”, I was familiar with the term itself, but only from childhood “playing cowboys”. Lol Then came school, and even the English language was a thing of the past. Best wishes, Michael
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Just as an aside, Michael, the term “yankee” was coined long before the Civil War, and for most of us simply means someone from the northern states. My father was a yankee, and I’ve been married twice, both times to men who were yankees. I’m a southerner, myself. 🙂
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Hey, good to know. Thank you, Marcia! I only had heard it once, in my youth. Your marriages are showing their could be freedom. 😉 xx
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😀 😀 😀
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Yes, I remember now, the term Yankee was used in the American Revolution.
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Sorry, but I decided to remove a couple of comments in this thread that were skating too close to being political. I know that wasn’t the intent, but just because I have those rules listed above, I figured I’d better do so. Everything else is great, and I’m glad you’re getting lots of comments, Sharon! 🙂
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Germany has to admit that it was very guilty.
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Reblogged this on Sharon Marchisello and commented:
Thank you to Marcia Meara for featuring me on her blog today!
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Great gettwing to know Sharon!
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Thanks, Bette!
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So great to know more about Sharon. I was taken by her travels. An amazing number of trips. Thanks, Marcia.
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Thanks, John, But still so many more places I want to visit. Can’t wait for the end of this pandemic!
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Might be a long wait unfortunately. 🙁
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Nice to get to know you, Sharon! Yep, animals DO rule, don’t they? I can’t imagine a person who wouldn’t put that on their list! 🙂
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It’s great to hear so many people have a soft spot for animals!
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It’s lovely to learn more about Sharon, Thank you, Marcia. I can’t imagine 60 cruises and 100 countries. WOW! Having lived in Japan for five years, I know how precious it is to learn about other cultures. Wonderful post! 💗
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Thanks, Gwen. How exciting to have lived in Japan for five years. I’ve visited Japan a few times but would like to see a lot more of that country.
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Nice to learn more about you, Sharon. I also love animals, but think most people do. I have to make a public presentation tomorrow. I do well at them, but have to accept the introvert’s need to recharge after draining my batteries.
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Thanks, Craig. And good luck with your presentation tomorrow. One thing I learned in Toastmasters is TDK (They Don’t Know), i.e., the audience doesn’t know what’s supposed to be in your speech, so if you mess up (like leaving something out, listing points in the wrong order, etc.) just keep going and act like it was meant to be like that.
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Ha ha! True.
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I loved learning more about Sharon. I chuckled out loud when I read her statement about liking animals more than people. That’s totally understandable! Thank you for sharing her today, Marcia, and congrats to Sharon!
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Thanks, Jan. Happy to see another animal lover!
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It was a great way to learn about places I’d never heard of, and then I’d go look them up on the map.
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What a fascinating life Sharon, 100 countries nothing to sneeze at 🙂 I enjoyed your ten things. 🙂 x
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Thanks, Debby!
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I’m a little late, but I enjoyed learning about Sharon. I also love to travel. I actually was great at math in school (and still am), but I ended up becoming an intensive reading teacher. LOL! Going Home sounds great! I’ve added it to my TBR list. 🙂
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Thanks so much!
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Absolutely brilliant and loved to discover more about Sharon… Yankee, finance, garden expert and an international toastmaster.. thanks Marcia and Sharon.. apologies for not getting her sooner but I have been skiving… will share in the blogger daily tonight…hugs ♥
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Thanks for your kind words , Sally, and thanks so much for sharing.
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Always good to see you here, Sally, no matter if it takes a few extra days! And I’m so glad you enjoyed this post. I was happy to have Sharon take part in my every-other-week Ten Things series, and love that folks are having fun with it! Thanks so much for stopping by and for sharing later. It’s greatly appreciated, my friend! 🙂 ❤
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Let’s hope Sally is on the list for a future 10 Things post!
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Sally was one of our first guests, Sharon. Check out her post here:
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I guess senility has set in. I see that I even read and liked the post when it came out! LOL
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Don’t be too worried … there’s a lot of that going around, believe me. We have an awful lot on our minds these days. Thoughts and memories sometimes get crowded out. 😁
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This was another fun installment! I enjoyed getitng to know a little more about Sharon.
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Thanks, Liz!
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You’re welcome, Sharon!
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What a fun interview, Marcia and Sharon. I’m envious of your travels! And once a Yankee, always a Yankee. Lol. Thanks to you both!
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Thanks, Diana. I’m especially glad to have traveled so much in the past, as it’s so much harder these days.
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Great 10 things and 100 countries just wow!…#6…I can definitely relate to that..Lovely to get to know Sharon…:) x
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Thanks, Carol!
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