Travel with Tina from coast to coast as she photographs a wide variety of natural subjects. Get a view of her rural Missouri home as many of the photos showcase the sunrises, clouds, snow, and birds she sees and photographs every day.Then, formatted with and speaking about each photo, read her original Haiku. Tina has experimented with writing a variety of types of poetry and finally settled on Haiku to best describe her thoughts and feelings. Perhaps it's the strict five-seven-five syllables requiring the author to carefully consider each word and how it fits into the poem as well as how it describes the photo. Perhaps it's because she's a little OCD and the syllable template is the perfect box to place words into. Or, maybe she just likes them!
Williams, Tina L.: - As a "jack of all trades, master of none," I find myself in the difficult position of writing a biography. What do I mention? What do I highlight? Who am I? First of all, I am a wife, a daughter, a mother, and a grandmother. These are perhaps my most important jobs these days as I'm partially retired yet embarking on another part-time career as an author! I have always enjoy photography from childhood when I used the old brownie cameras my mother had from her father. I continued to take photos of travel and then of my babies. When the kids were small, I didn't have as much time for general photography, but, when they left home I started back to it again. I worked from home while my children were small and continued as I home-schooled them. I named my business "Words, etcetera," because words were my main focus. I worked with words on the written page (formatting forms and newsletters for various clients) and words on websites. I started building websites in 2000 and have enjoyed working on them ever since. Though I don't do very many "for hire" websites any more, I still enjoy trying to keep up with my own website as well as Facebook! All these skills are handy as I begin writing and promoting books! Around the early 1980s, a good family friend, Esma Hunt, told me my life was very interesting, and I should write a book. I'm a little late, and Esma has passed on so can't read my book(s), but I'm finally doing it. Writing has always been another one of my pleasures. In fact, I have had several stories published in magazines and even won an honorable mention in a short story writing contest. My husband and I have also written several articles on Proper Stockmanship and Proper Livestock Marketing for ranch-related magazines. My husband and I are Hand 'n Hand Livestock Solutions, and we travel North America teaching Proper Stockmanship and Proper Livestock Marketing to ranchers who want to handle their livestock better and make money at it. However, we have also been needing to write the story of my mom and dad's life (Bud and Eunice Williams). So, about a year ago we decided to take the entire year of 2019 off from teaching schools and write the book. In preparation for that, I decided to design at least one photography book to test out the Indy book publishing process! I'm on my way!
