I love unusual stories and credit growing up in a family of curious life-lovers who moved all over the country. Books and movies full of fantasy, science fiction and romance kept us amused, especially in some of the stranger places. For years, I tried to separate my darker side with my humorous and romantic one. I published short fiction, but things really started happening when I gave in and mixed it up. When not lost in fiction, I love making wine, collecting music, gaming and spending time with my husband and two children.
I’m represented by Miriam Kriss of the Irene Goodman Agency.
Photo by Kathryn Moad Photography.
Contact me: rindaelliott@gmail.com
Permission to put your WordPress blog link on my Blogspot, please?
Have a lovely day!
Of course! Thanks!
Hey,
I discovered your store recently. I think it’s the best one at CafePress.
I’m a 14 year old horror writer and I hope to be published one day. Your store items make me laugh, mostly because they are true. I do find myself staring at random people, I do stay up all night writing my next novel.
My friends think I’m weird because I’m a writer, oh well. They should get used to it.
Don’t worry, I have a lot of friends who think I’m weird–especially the ones who aren’t writers and don’t get it. Hang in there. Hope you get published, too!
Glad you like the store. I have a lot of fun making the designs.
Rinda is also the name meaning earth in northern mythology: http://books.google.com/books?id=00cBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA182&lpg=PA182&dq=origin+of+the+name+rinda&source=web&ots=TXpeUI5cxp&sig=T2a3XZZT_nJXYimrPsPt4-KoMNs
And the goddess Rinda who married the god Odin was a giantess, but came to be considered an earth mother figure for, I believe, the winter months (no, we’re not ice princesses!).
As tall as I am, I try not to emphasize that Rinda means giantess. Smile. Thought you’d like a few other bits of information on our name meaning.
I’ve written about Odin’s Rinda myself. Did as a joke in the Norse Gods piece on the page above as well. And… I’m almost six feet tall, so I love telling people my name means giant. heh heh
I collect books about names and use them constantly to name my characters–so I’ve always found name meanings fascinating. Oddly enough, I first read your last name as Cromwell and that’s my mother’s maiden name.
hello ! sorry, for my english, but i’m frensh…
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i’m intersting by a photo on your blog. i want to use it in a poster. could i use it (scary-roots.jpeg) or by it. please, contact me
Hi Julien, I got the picture from a free to use website called stock.xchng .
Someone else asked for it as well and I’ve been unable to find it again–but it is there. I hope you have better luck.
thank you very much Rinda… bonne continuation !!!
A very lovely bio and you make wine. That is something extra ordinary and tells much about personality. Preparing elegant and tasteful wines indicate that you definitely have class and taste for the good stuff and perfection. *This I know from an expert at wine testing. I have never been so happily drunk and the cheese was good too.*
So I want to thank you for the kind reassuring words about getting published. Geography is a major force and sometimes one has one’s doubts.
And of course sell everything you have in stock! Ask Santa for a bestseller like I did this Christmas.
Geography shouldn’t hamper sales at all, though later, when you do hit it big, you’ll probably have longer distances to travel.
By then lets hope I will be able to afford it, so it won’t matter. Now I am all cheerful! Time to blog about it! Wahoo.
Rinda, I looked for your email and couldn’t find it. I just wanted to let you know I put your link among those for Rachel’s podcast interview since she did mention you.
Thanks for linking to the podcast.
You know, when I changed my layout, I forgot to put my email back up. I’ll fix. Thanks for the heads up.
The podcast was fun. What Rachel didn’t say was she gave me a very difficult writing challenge topic and the story came from that. It’s under the Valen Greer tab at the top. (g)
Hello Rinda,
I am 46 years old and have often been ask about my name Rinda and you’ll love this…I’m 4ft 10 inches tall.
Just thought I would take a Moment to say HELLO. Would love to read your work sometime.
Take care,
Rinda Haynes / Chattanooga ,Tn
Another Rinda! Welcome. Once of these days, the girl my parents named me after is going to show up here. My father was a minister when I was born and she was in their church.
So, you probably prefer to go with the earth part of the name meaning, eh?
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Great photo and great bio Rinda. Nice to ‘meet’ you. Hope we’ll see more of each other. I link with Just Write (Missy Frye’s Incurable Disease of Writing). Check out my website and blog if you like. I post pretty regularly on Creative Writing and other topics related to the books and articles I write. Have a good day! Mel
Nice to meet you, Mel! I took a look at your website and it looks great! I’ll be back when I’ve got a little exploring time. Looking forward to it!
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Rinda,
I have been reading your posts, wondering what she means… ? But then I get everything you are saying. *Sometimes
I am a young writer at the age of 15. I write mystery and Fantasy…. I hope to publish
some day. I read your posts to see what it is like to be a writer.
I’m glad you enjoy the posts. Good luck with your writing!
hi,
I would to be a great writer some day, I have started writing but the problem is I am not sure where I fit in. I write best about what is going on in my life and express more clearly that way. I am reading books on how to improve my writing in Fiction and Poetry. I hope that one day I will have a website of my own and people will read it just like I am reading yours now.
Stick with it, Jacqueline, and you will. Good luck!
Rinda