About Me
 | Vivian McInerny Portland, Oregon Member since: Jun, 2008 Last login: 10/23/2009 Last update : 12/05/2008 Contact Me |
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| Birthday | 06/18/1966 |
| Hometown | Minneapolis, MN |
| Nickname | Vivian |
| Ethnicity | White/Caucasian |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
About Me
Staff feature writer for The Oregonian, a daily newspaper in Portland, OR for past 11 years. Articles regularly reappear in other publications through the Newhouse and AP wire. Have also freelanced for several publications including Glamour, Baby, Women's Day, Oregon and Northwest magazines. Short fiction in Fishtrap Anthology, Tallus & Scree, Oregon East. Novel currently being shopped by agent. Numerous journalism awards; also fictiion awards include Metropolitan Arts Commission grant; Fishtrap Fellowship.
Relationship Status
- Married to a Welshman; two smart and wonderful daughters
Family
U.K. and USA
I am the 4th of six children in large Irish Catholic family with 50 first cousins.
Interests & Hobbies
Hmmm. Writing.
Meditation, yoga
Web Links
- Vivian's fashion blog & newspaper articles for The Oregonian
- Personal essay reprinted multiple times
- Article on work place bullies reprinted multiple times
- Article on hypnosis reprinted many times
- Article on Portland designer Adam Arnold reprinted
- Article on Portland clothing co. Sameunderneath reprinted
- Article on Portland designer Michelle DeCourcy reprinted
UPCOMING WORK
- "Stone Virgin" : Contemporary novel; dark humor; first person. Synopsis: Peg Rush, 33, lives and works in a neighborhood with her aging mother, Isolated from the rest of Minneapolis by freeway and airport expansions. All that remains are three residential blocks, a Catholic church, convent and cemetery where Peg's brother is buried. Only a miracle could save them from extinction. As luck -- or God -- would have it, something miraculous happens. "Watermarks" Contemporary novel; dark humor; first person. Synopsis: Diane spent her childhood battling a terminal illness. Her family mourns her passing and is ill prepared to handle her cure at age 17. She is adrift; emotionally fluid and physically surrounded by water living on the River Avon during the rainy season above the ancient Roman hot springs buried beneath the city of Bath, England. She searches for meaning and anchoring through art studies and gets tangled in the web of a charismatic older man.
