Bettie Wailes
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When I'm not tutoring, I'm either writing, editing, or running. I've written one memoir and I'm working on a second one. The first is currently being considered by two agents and one publisher.
I've edited several novels, a memoir, an nonfiction book, a children's book, and many short pieces.
I've completed thirty-four marathons in twenty-three states. If I live long enough and continue to be blessed with the ability to do so, I hope to run a marathon in every state.
Here are brief descriptions of my writing projects.
The Daydream
My first memoir, The Daydream, recounts my early marriage to a binge drinker whose abusiveness increased in frequency and severity. Even after several harrowing experiences, I still felt the duty to honor my wedding vows.
Two children later, living in a broken-down trailer parked in a cow pasture, I felt myself drowning in despair. Fearing the loss of my sanity, I sought counseling, through which I transformed despair into anger, and anger into determination. Determination alone couldn't lead me out of my abysmal situation, but I came to believe that education could.
I plan to post the first few chapters here soon. This manuscript is currently being considered by an agent, two publishers, and a screenwriter.
The View from the Back...of the Pack
I started running in 1978, when I was in my early thirties, only intending to run two miles three times a week. Little did I dream that ten years later, a friend would persuade me to enter a road race. Even after that, I couldn't imagine running more than six miles (a 10K). But now in 2006, I've completed numerous events of distances from 5K to the marathon (26.2 miles). I've finished a marathon in seventeen states so far, with the hope of completing a marathon in every state.
Because I didn't become a distance runner until relatively late in life, and because I'm a slow runner, I have a unique perspective on training and running long distances. When I began to lead marathon training groups, I realized how much I've learned about training, and how the older, slower runner trains differently from the younger and/or faster runner.
I've started writing about my running life, from the first attempt to run a mile to running a thirty-mile training run.
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