Stephanie C Brown
I am known for mentoring songwriters, artists, and others. Garth Brooks credits me with being “where it all began”. He and I cowrote “Burning Bridges” which is on his multi-platinum CD. It has been my honor to be with him on his journey. He says I discovered him.
I founded and hosted Circle of Friends Songwriters Show in Nashville and more recently Muscle Shoals Circle of Friends Song Circle. I co-founded Soup and Song Symposium with the city of Florence, Alabama.
If I had a job, I would say it is songwriting. At least I write enough hours to count as at least a part time job! I am highly trained since I have been a songwriter for many, many years. I am now retired from my real job – teaching English.
I have bipolar disorder. I joke that I am the Bipolar poster child because for over twenty-five years I have coped successfully. My mantra is Eat, Sleep, Take Meds. I was in the hospital, the lockdown wing, when I was first diagnosed. Since then I have not been without a psychiatrist. I am outspoken and willing to share. No one should feel shame about having Bipolar Disorder although it is hard not to. It is a double-edged sword . I believe I owe much of my creativity to it, but the mood swings are hard to handle, especially when I bottom out. They are often not situational and happen often and unexpectedly. More about that later, too.
Some of my passions are working on this site and my social media accounts, taking part in online conferences, seminars, workshops, and meetups, writing prose and poetry, growing perennials and annuals from seeds, photographing flowers and sometimes birds, and quilting.
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Looking forward, Stephanie C
Did I mention I am seventy-nine?
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