{"id":12,"date":"2021-01-28T16:48:58","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T16:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joywinkieviola.com\/books\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2021-08-25T18:09:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T22:09:32","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/joywinkieviola.com\/books\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting acquainted"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I became a writer because I hated to practice the piano. Initially, I thought I\u2019d like to become a concert pianist, but when I started entering competitions and was, in fact, getting rather good, I found myself watching the clock looking to see if I\u2019d \u201cput in my time.\u201d By the time I was a high school senior, \u00a0even though I was well on my way to a scholarship to the Julliard School of Music, I knew a concert life was not for me.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But I never tired of writing. So, I enrolled in the University of Minnesota School of Journalism from which I obtained both a bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degree. I got my first job based on my clippings from the campus newspaper, The Minnesota Daily<\/em>, and I tell the story of that first hire in my book. (I worked free for a week!)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\"Joy<\/p>\r\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My dream had been to become a foreign correspondent for a national newspaper, but I ended up spending my life in higher education at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. I began in the press bureau and ultimately became the University President\u2019s speech writer. For seven years I served as Senior Editor of the International Encyclopedia of Higher Education<\/em> (Jossey Bass) compiled at Northeastern. It was the biggest news story on which I ever worked. I loved it and it spurred me to go on and write my own books, one of which was based in Saudi Arabia.
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I got more than a career out of Northeastern University. I also got a husband with whom I shared 56 wonderful years. I tell the story of our meeting and our early travel adventures in the first chapter of my book, the title of which is I thought He Was Italian, But I Served Him Schnitzel Anyway.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"\" The book title From Schnitzel to Nockerln And Everything That Happened<\/em> In Between<\/em> is based on the fact that schnitzel is the first meal I cooked for Alfred on our first date and Viennese nockerln was the last thing I cooked him five days before his death from COVID-19 complications. In between those two meals we had one heck of a life together and ten of our global adventures are recounted in the book.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I became a writer because I hated to practice the piano. Initially, I thought I\u2019d like to become a concert pianist,<\/p>\n

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