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I have been a professional writer since 1987. I've written for newspapers, magazines, worked in the book publishing industry, and published novels and non-fiction books. In addition, I've guided numerous authors through the process of independent publishing, and offer workshops in that same vein. I'm the founder of the Parkinson's Comfort Project and over the course of six years, we gathered and gave away over 500 handmade quilts to people with Parkinson's disease.
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In life (1518–1594), Jacopo Robusti was known as Tintoretto, the name that is familiar to us today.

He was a Renaissance painter known for the speed with which he filled his canvases with bold brushwork, muscular figures and, for his time, a startling use of perspective.

He rarely left his home city of Venice, and was relentlessly ambitious to be known as a daring painter.

Though known as a agreeable companion and for his wit, Tintoretto led a very retired life, spending most of his time in his studio even when not working. To him, painting—and drawing—were the breath of life.