Daniela Pesconi-Arthur

I am a forever teacher and learner, with creative writing tattooed all over my heart. I live in a little piece of Heaven, near the beautiful capital of Wales, Cardiff. Married and always in love like a teenager. Pretty and colourful things make me smile, and I love puppies, and kittens, and babies, and music, and cinema, and chocolate!! I'm a passionate and compulsive – although timid – writer who sees potential stories in every person, flower, bird, and fly that passes by. I hate spiders. I was born and raised in Brasil, in a city called Uberlandia. I am the oldest of three sisters, daughter of a mother in Heaven and a father who is still around, albeit very far away, to give us three and a beautiful blue-eyed grandson (I'm also an auntie!) loads of kisses and hugs - and recommendations. Hehe. I became an English teacher after trying it as a part-time job while I went through three (!!) uni courses: one and a half year of Economics (Maths was just too much for me), three years of Law school (I'm too sensitive to be a criminal lawyer), and finally the one I actually finished, English and English Language Literatures. I also got an MA in English and Creative Writing, this one from a UK (Welsh) uni. I have very itchy feet - lucky that Hubby has too! My mum used to say that I did all the travelling she hadn't done. I always took that as I compliment and always felt really happy telling her about my adventures. One of these big adventures was to move to Napoli, Italy, as a newly-wed, to live and work. It was brilliant, because neither Hubby nor I knew anything about the place, so we explored it together. It was in Napoli that the idea for loveandpizza.it and Carolina's adventures were born. On writing... I love it! I love it! I love it! I also discovered the pleasure of blogging and the closeness I feel with my readers when they visit my websites: The Writing Shed (www.thewritingshed.org.uk) and This Chick Writes (www.thischickwrites.com) and leave comments. It's like meeting an old friend, or making a new one. I'm always up for a coffee and a chat with a good friend, even if it's just a virtual one! I'm also an avid reader, and a journal writer. I wish I could live 10 steps from the sea. :) I'm working on the next novel at the moment: "Mothers and Daughters", which is a sequel of Loveandpizza.it. "Loveandpizza.it" is currenty being translated into French, Italian and Portuguese. Watch this space! Thanks a million for your visit! Grazie mille! Dani