Hi. This is an engaging, brilliant “About Me” page.
It should introduce Douglas Beagley, include some poetic, whimsical phrases, some heartfelt notes, and generally make me seem like a pretty interesting, kind, and totally humble person who is free from the usual Internet attention economy.
In the meantime, here’s what I created when I needed to write an author bio for the world of books, as distributed by Ingram to your local bookstore, wherever books are sold, tied to the ISBN, the copyright, and the Library of Congress, and of course the Amazon fiefdom:
Vermont author Douglas Beagley has always liked words. His first novel, in 1992, disturbed only his parents. He went on to write his way through Middlebury College and teach high school creative writing. He now creates technical documentation and training materials for pediatricians, the kindest people in the universe. He is in love with his spouse, with whom he parents two voracious readers. Murder by Algorithm is his first published novel.
fondly at a small round piece
of glass on the back of a
filleted rectangular prism
It’s not bad. Accurate, slightly funny, and searchable, too! I should probably add my original hometown, Alma, Michigan. And thank my family and spouse, my English teachers (Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Furtaw, Mr. Marshal…) and professors (Barbara Ganley, Kathleen Skubikowski, too many to list…), and all the writers groups. I could add in the details of my excursions through the drachinai portal, but those sort of stories don’t do well on this plane.
If you’d like to get in touch, please email me or use my socials, which you’ll find over on the right at the bottom.