Annette Marie Hyder is a freelance journalist/editor, artist and author.

She sees life as a poem that is constantly altering its form to accommodate one's world view/experiences: sometimes a sonnet, sometimes haiku, sometimes graffiti on a wall. She believes that in love you should not say it with flowers, you should say it with words. Diamonds, however, are always acceptable.

She says, "If you want to find out more about me, I invite you to read my work. Because I, like everyone else who engages in the creative process, let down my guard while creating, inevitably revealing more in that way than I could possibly show you in 'biographspeak.' In my writing, I am leaning into your ear and I am whispering, 'I have something to tell you ... Read me.'"

Visit her web site at www.annettehyder.com. E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .