Author, poet, freelance writer and columnist,
M. Mylene English delivers her sometimes quirky, sometimes cheeky views with honesty and humour in her newspaper column,
It'll Be Fine
You know this is near and dear to my heart....you know my columns make me laugh, make me weep...I hope they do the same for you. Take me there....
Wordsmithing
Let me tell you about my work...the columns, the poetry, the stories. Let me entertain you! Take me there....
Gallery
Let me show you the beautiful things I see. I want you to be moved...I want you to laugh...I want you to see more! Take me there....
Scrapbooking
There's more to scrapbooking than taking pictures in one hand and paper in the other and sticking them together in the middle with glue. Really! It's a fascinating hobby...one which brings me great joy...wanna see what I do with it all? Take me there...
Stationery
Perhaps you were looking through the gallery and saw SO much which you loved. Now you want to own some of it yourself. You may buy postcards and even special order a specific image as a print!! Take me there...
Applause
Sometimes people say really nice things about what I do and it makes my day. I love knowing people are touched by what I write. Would you like to read some of the lovely comments? Take me there...
It'll Be Fine, which has appeared regularly in northern Alberta newspapers since 1992. The first It'll Be Fine anthology was published by the author in 2000 and a second installment is currently under construction.
Mylene is a contributing writer for Canadian Scrapbooker magazine, writing the LSS (Local Scrapbooking Store) article and Write On!, a column for scrapbookers looking to add more journalling or to improve the quality of journalling on their layouts. Write On! offers helpful suggestions for getting the words right. In addition, Mylene's words appear throughout Canadian Scrapbooker, as she also writes many of the feature introductions.
Recently, Mylene joined Dancetheatre David Earle as the company's media and communications director, generating website content and creating the DtDE newsletter
Previous work has appeared in Reader's Digest, Our Canada magazine, Chicken Soup for the Mother and Daughter Soul, Chicken Soup for the Soul - Cookbook for Busy Moms, Chicken Soup for the Soul Celebrating Mothers and Daughters, as well as in various publications of local and regional interest.
Mylene lives in northern Alberta with her husband and five children who provide endless support of - and inspiration for - her work.
"We had to be who we were in order to become who we are."
~ M. Mylene English