Sunset on Pacific Northwest Coast
L.J. Nuzum is a child of the sixties, growing up outside of Seattle. As the youngest of seven children, she found solitude amidst the bustle of a busy home at her upstairs bedroom window where she watched the ribboned lights of the city and dreamed up adventures.
Old books, old cars, old buildings, especially houses, with their damp, age seeped into their bones smell and creaking, tired floors always transported her imagination to the “olden days.” She couldn’t help conjuring fantasies of lives and loves, struggles and successes. She started sharing her stories with friends at an early age, delighted by their changing expressions as she composed her tales.
In school, she excelled at creative writing, and at the age of twelve, two of her teachers presented her with a notebook and told her to keep writing. She took every creative writing class available throughout the rest of her school years.
After graduation, she married her high school sweetheart, and without the funds to continue her education, she put writing on hold to raise her three beautiful children. She never gave up her love for the flow of a pen and the magic of words. A close friend, knowing her passion, paid her tuition for a writing class as a gift, and from there, she continued to pursue storytelling, publishing short stories in small magazines about family life, yet dreaming of a blockbuster novel.
As a northwest native, she enjoys gardening, hiking, bass fishing with her husband and family, and long car rides where she can enjoy all the beauty of the northwest, from the glorious ocean sunsets to the breathtaking mountains. She never tires of Mt. Rainier. She finds inspiration in Washington and Seattle’s rugged past.
Check out her writing page to find out more about her latest project, Ocean-to-Ocean, a novel based on the actual events of the 1909 New York to Seattle automobile race.
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