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Oscar Wilde, Georges Simenon, Colette, Robert B. Parker, Helene Hanff, Sarah Ruhl, Norah Ephron, Jeanette Winterson, Brian Doyle, Billy Collins<\/p>\n
Sculptor Louise Nevelson, who said, \u201cI didn\u2019t really hit my stride till I turned seventy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI once had a nightmare that I crossed the street and realized I was a Republican.\u201d<\/p>\n
My full name is Cristina Luisa White. <\/strong>I was born in Manila, the Philippine Islands, in November 1941. My mother, Louise\u2014also from Manila\u2014was a professional seamstress, a fiercely proud American, and a life-long Democrat. My father, Ismael, was from Los Angeles and served as a Sergeant in the United States Army. He was killed in the Pacific near the end of World War II and was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart. I never knew him, but his whole family welcomed me with open arms when I arrived in the States.<\/p>\n I began writing at age eleven, making up ghost stories on the bus ride to and from school. It was that same year that I first experienced the magic of theatre, when my mother and stepfather took me to see the opera Hansel and Gretel<\/em>. The house lights went down, the curtain went up, and I was hooked. My first play, a Halloween mystery, was produced by the Drama Club when I was twelve. With that early success, I figured it was smooth sailing from then on. Ah well, I was young.<\/p>\n An Army brat, I got involved with local theatre wherever we were stationed. I continued reading plays, and writing them. I began earning income as a writer my first year in college, when an ambitious new children\u2019s theatre troupe took me on as their company playwright. I wrote one play each year for the next four years, and supplemented the money needed for college expenses with royalties from the touring productions.<\/p>\n I have an MA Degree in Psychology from Sonoma State University and a BA Degree in Theatre Arts from San Francisco State University. I can claim three phases in my career: (1) Theatre director for independent, regional, and community theatres in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, New Haven, and Virginia; (2) College instructor in Theatre Arts and Psychology, Sonoma State University and Santa Rosa Junior College; and (3) Tai Chi teacher at Sonoma State Psychology Extension Program and the School of Expressive Arts, Sonoma State Hospital, and community centers throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and greater Los Angeles area.<\/p>\n I’m now in the fourth phase: full-time writer and songwriter, part-time artist.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve had two dedicated interests for most of my adult life: theatre arts and the healing arts. They continue to dominate and influence the work I pursue. Though my writing life has not been the smooth sailing I anticipated, I continue to write plays and poetry, songs and stories, nonfiction, memoir, and now, a novel-in-progress. I figure if there\u2019s no wind, row.<\/p>\n I need and keep constant in my life: books, music, laughter, fine art, and good movies. I am sustained by: the beauty of the natural world, my friendships, a sense of harmony in my home, and the joy of a life shared with my beloved Donna Jayne.<\/p>\n Keep calm and carry on.<\/p>\n \u201cEasy reading is damned hard writing.\u201d \u2013 Nathaniel Hawthorne<\/p>\n \u201cI love writing. It\u2019s the paperwork that gets me.\u201d \u2013 Peter De Vries<\/p>\n \u201cI was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon, I put it in again.\u201d \u2013 Oscar Wilde<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/cristinalwhite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/cristina-white-purple-shirt.jpg” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”3.23″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”0px||0px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_post_title meta=”off” featured_image=”off” _builder_version=”3.18.2″][\/et_pb_post_title][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”3.25″][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″] Writers I Love: Oscar Wilde, Georges Simenon, Colette, Robert B. Parker, Helene Hanff, Sarah Ruhl, Norah Ephron, Jeanette Winterson, Brian Doyle, Billy Collins Inspired to re-start my writing career as an indie publisher by: Sculptor Louise […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"Words I Live By:<\/h2>\n
What My Writing Life Feels Like:<\/h2>\n
Writers I Love: <\/h2>\r\n\r\nOscar Wilde, Georges Simenon, Colette, Robert B. Parker, Helene Hanff, Sarah Ruhl, Norah Ephron, Jeanette Winterson, Brian Doyle, Billy Collins\r\n\r\n
Inspired to re-start my writing career as an indie publisher by:<\/h2>\r\n\r\nSculptor Louise Nevelson, who said, \u201cI didn\u2019t really hit my stride till I turned seventy.\u201d\r\n\r\n
Biographical info from my forthcoming book, Short Form Funny:<\/em><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\u201cI once had a nightmare that I crossed the street and realized I was a Republican.\u201d\r\n\r\n
Long-form info about me:<\/h2>\r\n\r\nMy full name is Cristina Luisa White. <\/strong>I was born in Manila, the Philippine Islands, in November 1941. My mother, Louise\u2014also from Manila\u2014was a professional seamstress, a fiercely proud American, and a life-long Democrat. My father, Ismael, was from Los Angeles and served as a Sergeant in the United States Army. He was killed in the Pacific near the end of World War II and was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart. I never knew him, but his whole family welcomed me with open arms when I arrived in the States. \r\n\r\nI began writing at age eleven, making up ghost stories on the bus ride to and from school. It was that same year that I first experienced the magic of theatre, when my mother and stepfather took me to see the opera Hansel and Gretel<\/em>. The house lights went down, the curtain went up, and I was hooked. My first play, a Halloween mystery, was produced by the Drama Club when I was twelve. With that early success, I figured it was smooth sailing from then on. Ah well, I was young.\r\n\r\nAn Army brat, I got involved with the local theatre wherever we were stationed. I continued reading plays, and writing them. I began earning income as a writer my first year in college, when an ambitious new children\u2019s theatre troupe took me on as their company playwright. I wrote one play each year for the next four years, and supplemented the money needed for college expenses with royalties from the touring productions.\r\n\r\nI have an MA Degree in Psychology from Sonoma State University and a BA Degree in Theatre Arts from San Francisco State University. I can claim three phases in my career: (1) Theatre director for independent, regional, and community theatres in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, New Haven, and Virginia; (2) College instructor in Theatre Arts and Psychology, Sonoma State University and Santa Rosa Junior College; and (3) Tai Chi teacher at Sonoma State Psychology Extension Program and the School of Expressive Arts, Sonoma State Hospital, and community centers throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and greater Los Angeles area.\r\n\r\nI'm now in the fourth phase: Full-time writer, part-time artist.\r\n\r\nI\u2019ve had two dedicated interests for most of my adult life: theatre arts and the healing arts. They continue to dominate and influence the work I pursue. Though my writing life has not been the smooth sailing I anticipated, I continue to write plays and poetry, stories and essays, memoir and now, a novel-in-progress. I figure if there\u2019s no wind, row.\r\n\r\nI need and keep constant in my life: books, music, laughter, fine art, and good movies. I am sustained by: the beauty of the natural world, my friendships, a sense of harmony in my home, and the joy of a life shared with my beloved Donna Jayne. \r\n\r\n
Words I Live By:<\/h2>\r\n\r\nKeep calm and carry on.\r\n\r\n\u201cEasy reading is damned hard writing.\u201d \u2013 Nathaniel Hawthorne\r\n\r\n\u201cI love writing. It\u2019s the paperwork that gets me.\u201d \u2013 Peter De Vries\r\n\r\n
What My Writing Life Feels Like:<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\u201cI was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon, I put it in again.\u201d \u2013 Oscar Wilde","_et_gb_content_width":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cristinalwhite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cristinalwhite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cristinalwhite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cristinalwhite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cristinalwhite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/cristinalwhite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":766,"href":"https:\/\/cristinalwhite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cristinalwhite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}