About Cathleen Townsend

I always wanted to write fiction, even as a child, but for many years I never had anything I thought was good enough to share. My favorite book is The Lord of the Rings, and that’s an intimidating standard.

I finally began by writing biographies of my family members, mostly those from the Greatest Generation, as a family history project. After that, the whole process seemed a lot more possible, as if something inside me had clicked into place. So, then I finally sat down and started writing novels, and it was like they exploded out of me.

I also enjoy writing short stories. Some I submit to online mags and publishers, but others go straight to my blog. I write mostly fantasy, but ghost stories, historicals, and even the odd contemporary tickles my fancy at times.

Thanks for stopping in. 😀

Interview with Cathleen Townsend, #BlogBattle Winner

Why I Write

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Fun Facts about Me (with associated short memoirs)

I survived a plane crash–The Taste of Fear

I work in construction–Frick and Frack

I’m an animal lover–A Worm’s Tale

I once went scuba diving with a Mako shark–Dive

I’ve sailed racing catamarans–Race Day

Press Kit

Contact information:

via email at https://cathleentownsend.com/about/contact-cathleen-townsend/.

Bios:

Tweet (138 characters): Avid reader, writer, and lover of fairy tales. Hangs out with dragons, pixies, and anyone who likes a good story at cathleentownsend.com.

50 words: Cathleen Townsend loves a good tale, especially if it involves fantasy. She lives in California’s beautiful gold county, and in her mind the tree-covered hills contain trolls, dragons, and dwarves, although they persist in lurking unseen. She enjoys chatting with readers on her blog at cathleentownsend.com.

100 words:

Cathleen Townsend trained as a social scientist, and at various times has been a teacher, a waitress, a donut baker, and a construction worker. She’s survived parenting, scuba-diving with a Mako shark, and a plane crash.

Her stories, both whimsical and serious, are drawn from the rich sources of folklore and history to inspire the belief that a single person can make a difference in the world, even if that world contains a dragon or two.

Cathleen lives in California’s beautiful gold country, and in her mind, dwarves and pixies also lurk in the oak- and pine-covered hills. She enjoys chatting with readers on her blog at cathleentownsend.com.

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