Say hello to CCLaP Fellow Kathryn O'Halloran
I'm pleased to announce that CCLaP has its newest Fellow - it's Kathryn O'Halloran, our first international Fellow, joining us all the way from Melbourne, Australia. Kathryn and I go way back, as a matter of fact; she's been a participant in many of the projects I've put together over the years, all the way back to a lit mag I used to run in the '90s called seven stories. Kathryn is an immensely entertaining and talented writer, and I think you're going to enjoy reading her work here at the site over the coming months as much as I will.
Don't forget, Kathryn now has her own HTML page here at our site, for those who would like to track just the latest concerning her life, work and creative projects; as well as ![[RSS]](http://www.cclap.org/archives/rssicon.jpg)
her own RSS feed, for those who would like future news about Kathryn delivered in real time. These are benefits we offer all our Fellows, along with free admission to all our events (or in Kathryn's case, free copies of our first 10 paper books, starting in 2007), the opportunity to run events in Chicago on CCLaP's dime if they want, increased opportunities to publish and tour, and a lot more. Working artists who are interested can learn more and start the application process here.
Below is Kathryn's bio; and then in a couple of days, we'll be publishing the first of the stories she's donated to the center, in return for receiving her Fellowship. Thanks for becoming a Fellow, Kathryn; I hope you have an enjoyable experience here because of it.
Kathryn O'Halloran is a writer living in Melbourne, Australia. Her chequered work history includes time as a phone psychic, a mystery shopper, a community television star, a maker of psychedelic fake fur handbags and wielding a machete on a vegetable production line. She currently ekes out a living, working in IT by day and writing at night. Okay, lets be honest, she writes by day and pretends to do IT work most of the time (intercepted with web surfing and spider solitaire).
Kathryn was once told to write what she knows; despite that, she now writes erotica. She finds the research gruelling but she goes at it with guts and determination. Currently she's working on her first novel -- a spicy chick lit adventure. So far it's taken over two years and she's not sure when it will finally be done. In between times, she has edited an erotic fiction webzine and sometimes writes short stories which have been published in places like Clean Sheets and various Australian journals. Her greatest literary achievement to date is winning a huge bundle of sex toys in a short story competition.