Dorothy Ross, a native New Yorker, worked on Madison Avenue before moving West in 1961. On the Davis campus of the University of California, she served as an editor and program director. Diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 2007, she writes about the challenges of living with Parkinson’s. She is at work on a novel.
[I will be posting the work of our recent three winners this week and then for the next two weeks. I hope you enjoy their comments about the writing of their work, our contest judge Sharon Byran’s comments, and, of … Continue reading →
Not long ago, Writing It Real member Dorothy Ross wrote to me about her newest project — recording the narratives she’s written about her life for her family to have in the form of audio files. I listened to a … Continue reading →
Dorothy Ross’s winning personal essay takes her readers to Africa and a photo safari involving more action than the writer had bargained for. The details the author chooses put us right into the situation with directness and good humor, attributes … Continue reading →