“Who told you that?” Mom asked, horrified.

“Nobody goes to the attic!” I asserted. I crossed my four-year-old arms defiantly.

Erika Hoffman of Chatham County, North Carolina, has been writing with the goal of publication for 15 years. She’s been published 460 times in venues such as anthologies, newspapers, magazines, and ezines.  Her niche is the non-fiction narrative although she has written novels. Erika received her degrees from Duke University where she met her husband.  Besides teaching high school, Erika kept busy raising four children.  She belongs to a few writing groups: NCWN, Carteret Writers; and TAF. In addition to collecting bylines, she cherishes her collection of grandchildren: 10!