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If You Want to Be a Writer
Editor’s Note: This article was written in December 2017
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Because she wanted to have her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren read them, she avoided the typical format of sauciness associated with limericks and “kept them clean” and readable for all ages. Her first paperback book, Naming Your Baby was published in 2010 using the 1000 top baby names and their rankings from the Social Security list to create limericks and provide meanings of many of the names. (No, not 1000; she was not that ambitious). She even included what she would name her children if she had the choice again. I could have been Michaela and I could have a brother named Quentin! Ruby went on to write her memoir, Working on 100, which is still being edited. At 95, she is not writing much, but used her time well when she did. An avid reader, Ruby could read more books in a week than
n 2008, LeRue was seeking new ways to expand the company and its mission. We published a magazine called The LeRue Review and added some “History of” to the website. When Mom, (Ruby) who was 86 at the time, saw what we were doing, she decided she needed to participate. Though she had not written much except for narratives regarding insurance and her employees, (she was a supervisor for the Auto Club of Southern California for almost 30 years) she decided to write her own “history ofs”. Her stories were cute and creative, though not commercially viable, but good enough for her daughters and daughter -in-law to add to the website and include in The LeRue Review. During her writing journey, she also found she liked to write limericks. Ruby Szudajski, the “Rue” in “LeRue” Editor: Janice Hermsen: janice@lrpnv.com
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