Joanna
Sweet Designs Featured Writer
Age 21, South Wales, United Kingdom
Joined the SDM Team: October 2010
Why I Write for SDM: I write for Sweet Designs Magazine because I love to write and hope my life experiences can help other readers!
Activities, Sports, Interests: Music, reading, writing, playing guitar, and driving.
Favorite Authors: Larell K. Hamilton, Kelley Armstrong, JK Rowling, Charles Dickens, and Michel Faber.
Favorite School Subjects: English
Favorite Movies: The Devil Wears Prada, The Butterfly Effect, Donnie Darko, and Mean Girls.
Favorite TV Shows: Buffy, Angel, Veronica Mars, and Heroes.
I listen to: The Gaslight Anthem, Motion City Soundtrack, Avril Lavigne, The Get Up Kids, Third Eye Blind, Mayday Parade, Taylor Swift, and anything that sounds beautiful!
Most Important Values: Honesty and standing up for what you believe in.
I enjoy: Walks on the beach, being near the sea, laughing so much that you cry, meeting new people, random days out, and drives.
Future Plans: I ultimately want to be an author, but plan to go into newspaper journalism. I want to be a crime reporter!
Joanna's Articles
3-12 When TV Shows Depict Your Life
3-12 Starting Something New
2-12 The Differences Between Men and Women
2-12 The Anita Blake Series
8-11 Original Fiction: The Cellmate
7-11 Creative Writing: The Safehouse
7-11 Marriage Vs. Weddings
6-11 Creative Writing: The Farmhouse
6-11 Competition
4-11 On the Cover - Joanna
4-11 Books vs. Computers
4-11 Women and War: A Tenby Lifeboat Family
4-11 Online Gaming: Not Just for the Boys
4-11 Lucky
3-11 Looking After Yourself
2-11 Valentine's Day for Single Girls
2-11 Meeting Your Parents
1-11 Creative Writing: Change
1-11 Meeting His Parents
1-11 Sticking to New Year's Resolutions
12-10 Living with Diabetes
12-10 Christmas Traditions
11-10 Balancing Independence and Family
What I'm All About: Being myself, being the best person I know how to be, and being happy.
Favorite Quotes: "Happiness is never stopping to think if you are." - Palmer Sondreal
"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up." - Mark Twain
"You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give." - Eleanor Roosevelt
