Writer of The Month: "Jonathan Peckham is a commercial real estate lawyer in Houston, Texas, where he has spent his entire 26 year professional career as a lawyer. He was born in Troy NY, but grew up in Syracuse NY. He spent his college years in Tampa, Florida and law school in Washington DC. He is 2 years divorced from his only marriage of 26 years, and has two grown sons Brent and Troy. His parents are retired on Martha's Vineyard island in Massachusetts, and his father is a local artist there. Jon has written poetry since in high school, but until joining this site in June 2010, has never disclosed (or published) any of his work other than to a few friends and family (and recently one or two on a discussion board). His hobbies are weight lifting, big game fishing, golf, investigating great wines one glass at a time, and finding a wife."

Writer of The Month: Paul Berube is retired and lives in Swansea Massachusetts with his wife of 43 years. He has 4 children and 10 grandchildren. Paul has been writing for about 15 years. He is published in three anthologies and was named Poet of the year 2006 on our old web site Today's WoMan Writing Community. Paul is currently working on a book of poems.

Writer of The Month: Mark Parks -A proud Canadian, Mark was born and raised in Eastern Ontario. After years in the retail and restaurant business, he aspires to become a writer for television and film. His current projects range from poetry, to sitcom comedy and to drama fit for the big screen. Mark hopes to soon attend the Vancouver Film School where he will hone his talents and continue on to a successful career in writing.

Writer of The Month: Rose DesRochers interest in writing began in the eighth grade when she wrote an editorial on how she would change the world. Her editorial was published in the editor section of the local paper. Rose wrote her first poem at the age of 15. She began writing poetry to escape the loneliness that she felt in high-school.

After marriage Rose gave up writing to attend to her family. At age 29, Rose returned to writing. Life in general has influenced her poetry. Her poems have appeared in newspapers, magazines, anthologies, and journals. Rose has been described as a poet who writes with heart and soul.

Rose has now broadened her writing to freelance writing. She has written several articles and essays that can be found on websites throughout the web and has also been published and quoted in a couple of papers and magazines.

In 2003, Rose along with her husband Shawn opened her own poetry website, todays-woman.net. Other writers became the sources of inspiration and guidance.

In 2009 Rose and her husband Shawn closed Today's Woman Writing Community and launched Today's Writing Community (todayswriting.com), where she continues to share her love for writing with fellow writers.

She would like to thank her members for the nomination of writing of the month. She states that among so many talented writers it is truly an honor.

Ms. Rose DesRochers a mother of three currently lives in Ontario with her husband Shawn and their 16 year old son, where she pursues her addiction of writing and blogging. She believes that writing is a gift and a poem is never truly finished.

Writer of The Month: Shirley Denton was born in Powell Co. Kentucky, but grew up in Fairborn Ohio. She first started writing poetry in 1998 and was published in the Huber heights newspaper as well as the Kentucky Flemingsbury Gazett. She has also been published in Mature Living magazine and in several anthologies. She hopes to someday publish a collection of her poems in her own book.

Writer of The Month: heb1935 - Heather has been writing poetry for many years. She lives in Fairfield, Ohio, with her husband Ray. She is the mother of two children, and grandmother to one. Heather says that her granddaughter Danielle is the highlight of her life. Heather has put together several chapbooks of poetry for gifts for friends, and family. She enjoys the artistic work which she inserts into each one. Someday she hopes to have a book of her poetry published as writing is her passion.

Writer of The Month: In the spring of 1958 Hank was born in a small town in eastern Pennsylvania, where his ancestors had lived for at least three centuries. He became interested in poetry in grammar school when a teacher made him memorize a poem by Robert Burns called "My Heart is in the Highlands" and although today he doesn't remember the teacher he still remembers the poem. He started writing his own poetry at at age 13.

Hank has always been compelled to write about his feelings. He was in the military as both a soldier and a sailor from 1977 to 2007 at which time he was medically retired as a Chief Petty Officer due to a service-connected physical disability. During this time he saw many things all over the world that gave him inspiration.

With the development of the Internet he finally found an outlet to share his writing and still retain my anonymous. He has never had anything published except for posting on various websites. He now resides in west central Florida with his wife of over 30 years. Hank is father of three adult children and has one granddaughter.