Poythress, Christine: - Christine Poythress a daughter of the Deep South, fled to California in 1970, where she discovered Baba Ram Dass and Alan Watts. Though serious writing never crossed her mind at that time, she began journaling and scribbling poems in the margins of her drawings. While in college, she discovered opera which propelled her to New York City where she studied by day and as a singing waitress, sang arias at night. In 1983, she moved back to the South, and for 13 years, she sang country, pop, top forties, and jazz tunes in hotels, honkytonks, and corporate events. Since 2014, she has studied creative writing with award-winning author, Rosemary Daniell and has focused on writing poetry, memoir, and essays. Her work has appeared in Quillkeepers Press, Tangled Locks Journal, and Synchronized Chaos.