About Me — Julia A. Keirns

Freelance Writer, Blogger, and Author of Children’s Books

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I wrote and submitted my first article on Medium in August 2020 so I guess it is about time I said hello and introduced myself. My name is Julia A. Keirns, but you can call me Julie.

I started writing as a child. I wrote stories and illustrated them. In high school, I was the editor of the school newspaper and learned some journalism. I wrote a lot of love poems at that time in my life. Some of them were even published.

I married my best friend in 1986 and we are still best friends, and still married. We have three wonderful children who are all married with families of their own. When the kids were little I would sit up late at night and write. I had some stories and articles published in some magazines here and there.

Eventually, I took a job with the local newspaper and wrote feature stories, and covered many council and school board meetings. I have a lot of journalism credits from those years. I even had my own weekly column for a while.

I have self-published some children’s picture books and they are available on Amazon and several other places on the internet. About four years ago, I decided to go to college and get a degree. At the age of 58, I graduated from SNHU this past summer with a…