maria pace writes:
until recently, most of my experience with writing had been in childhood
and adolescence. i began writing poetry at the age of 9, and published
my first chapbook on construction paper in the 5th grade. in high
school, i was often asked to "explain" my writing assignments
to the teacher, who would give me an "A" anyway. i have
a novel-in-progress, Dr. Mortly's Space Adventure which
has garnered high praise from my sister monica and
the school librarian. however, the novel now exists mostly in my
mind. the last copy is on a corrupted
orange floppy disk. i refuse to disclose the whereabouts of the one
remaining paper copy.
i quit the poetry racket when i entered adulthood. i got a degree
in mathematics and computer science from bryn mawr college. but after
three years of programming cable set-top boxes, i turned to writing
once again. as a former painter and sketch artist, i now expresses
myself visually through photomontage. i live in philadelphia, pa,
with my two cats. i work as a software engineer, and am currently
the online editor for Philadelphia Arts Writers Newspaper. my poetry
recently appeared in Nth
Position Magazine and The
Aurelian -
both as maria delvecchia.
maria's collected poetry and art can be found on her home site here.
