Biography and platform

L10
(Rough Draft)
In 2008 I decided to seriously start painting as a past-time and started blogging to record my journey. Currently I plein air paint year round with various artist friends, from beginners to professionals. I create and publish a yearly summer plein air painting guide for local artists. I have also built and now maintain my local sketch club's blog.

by: your instructor
This is great information to provide your readers.
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The above biography was geared towards a publisher so was shorter, gave less personal information, was geared to establishing my qualifications and was more formal*

*L10 instructions
"Agents and publishers want to know why you're the right person to write about your topic, so you'll want to include any information that establishes your qualifications. If you have a platform—for example, a popular blog, newspaper column, seminar circuit, or radio show—be sure to include this information along with any statistics on the size of your following.
Here are some of the facts you may want to include in your biography:

• Your years of experience in your subject area
• Any degrees or professional qualifications you possess in your subject area 
• Any awards you've received in your subject area
• Information related to your platform (for instance, "10,000 visitors read my blog each week") 
• Awards you've received for writing

Because you won't have a lot of room, choose the most impressive information for your query letter. (You can expand upon your qualifications in your proposal.) Also only include biographical information that's relevant. Agents and publishers won't care where you live or how many children you have unless those facts have something to do with your qualifications for writing your book."
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In a previous self-publishing class the format for biographies was different because it was geared to your readers so was more personable.. See below.

Author Bio

1. seems relatable. Loves being outside
2. touch of humor
3. personal history.
truly in love with my soul mate who has supported me through my educational endeavors and career changes.
4. lives in the MIdwest, Wisconsin
5. Sounded interesting. Love reading and researching. One of my sisters will ask me a question, it's sounds interesting to me, I'll look it up and find the answer. Reads at the drop of the hat. Got to watch out for book traps and now there's Ebooks!!!
6. Sense of their voice

Kathy's always has written, drawn and painted but never pursued any of that as a career or gone to college full-time.

Instead she held a variety of jobs before taking a college job assessment test. Based on that test she decided to obtain a chemical technician degree because she loves researching, figuring things out, and mixing stuff together. Then while working full-time in a laboratory she got her B.S in chemistry.

She loves the outdoors and painting Wisconsin's change of seasons where she lives with her husband.