D. B. Pacini Biography
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D.B. Pacini has been a writer since she was nine-years-old. In high school
her first love was drama, and she performed in school dramatical plays and
musicals. In high school she also began singing with folk musicians
in the San Francisco Bay Area and Berkeley, California. Until the birth of her son
in 1981, she was active in musical performances and productions. She co-owned a music
company, Painted Ponies Productions, and she worked
as a music talent scout.
In the past few years she has focused on writing and has written several
short stories, essays, numerous songs, and poetry. Emma's Love Letters was an
experiment to write a short story primarily through letters instead of through narrative or
dialogue. Also, because of her tremendous appreciation for Vincent van Gogh,
she used the story as a vehicle to inspire readers to explore his art.
At a certain point she began to explore the possibility of turning the
short story into a novel and giving it a humanitarian foundation that would help benefit
at-risk kids.
After learning about the Guitars Not Guns (GNG) program she contacted GNG founder Ray Nelson
and explained her interest in associating GNG with her novel. She requested a GNG instructor
to be assigned to her as the laison. This musician, Matt Cole, was soon invited to become a core
member of the CD team.
Pacini mentors teen and young adult writers and she is the founding editor of a free on-line creative artists
community that showcases the artistic projects of all members. It is growing fast in membership and is becoming
international---
Starry Night Creative Artists Community.
Email: Pacini.Novelist@gmail.com
Email: csgogh@yahoo.com
DB Pacini on
Myspace.
Tangee Pacini on
Myspace.
DBPacini on
Twitter.
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Update---June, 2008:
I have donated money and countless hours to non-profit organizations for many years, especially to organizations
that serve at-risk kids. I'm donating 10% of the profits from my first novel, Emma’s Love Letters, to Guitars Not
Guns. GNG is a non-profit organization that gives free guitars and guitar lessons to foster kids, at risk
youth, and other deserving children. GNG is not anti-guns, it is anti-gun violence, especially in schools.
Guitars Not Guns
I will donate 10% of the profits from The Loose End of the Rainbow to a worthy non-profit organization
that helps to educate on diversity and issues of tolerance, Web of Life Enterprises, Inc. WOLE seeks to bring
some justice and comfort to those who are suffering on Indian reservations in South Dakota. Money, goods, and
services are all required to bring change there, to better the housing, to bring warm clothing and blankets to the
elderly, and to provide boots and coats to children in a place where winter seems to begin just after it has
ended. All the funds WOLE receives from my donation will be specifically spent on the essential needs of children and
young adults living on the Rosebud Reservation.
Web of Life Enterprises, Inc.
Exciting Update---August, 2008:
The Loose End of the Rainbow has secured a terrific publisher, Singing Moon Press. Publication is
expected before 2009. Additional information will be listed here as soon as possible. SMP publishes four titles
each year with an emphasis on socially responsible, multicultural stories. They donate at least 10% of profits
from retail to charities approved by each author.
Singing Moon Press
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