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I am writing this letter on behalf of Victoria Osborn, a long-time acquaintance and well known for her skills as an instructor I the art of creative writing. I first met her in December 2009 and have had many subsequent opportunities to know her better over the years. We first met I the online virtual reality world of Second life where she showed herself to be a reliable contributing and creative member of our community. After several years of our association, I was fortunate enough to meet with her in real life after which we became close friends, validating the high regard with which I had held her in that virtual realm.
Her role in this virtual reality of Second Life gave her the opportunity to become involved in many literary and educational enterprises such as Book Island, Bookstacks, Publishing Village, Second Life Community Education, Writer’s Guild and Virtual Writers, Inc. Already a successful author in her own right with such works as The Bankers of Zurix series, she expanded to begin her own Publishing Company, Azure Spider Publications which has had success in assisting budding authors to present their own works to the world.
More recently I have had the very good fortune to attend many of her online courses in creative writing. These courses attracted quite a few attendees as her reputation grew. Her presentations were well thought out and skillfully prepared. The detail she took to ensure the lessons were comprehensive enough to include the many complex facets of being a fictional author yet not so obscure the students were unable to apply the lessons to their own efforts to become successful authors. The more complex tasks were broken down into a step by step process with slide presentations distributed to better help the students envision the process.
It is my considered opinion that Victoria would be an excellent source of information and training for coaching those interested in writing as a career. This is evidenced by her own success in both writing and publishing. I highly recommend Victoria to any wanting to follow that path. Her support and encouragement are invaluable and her evaluations of another’s work are fair and unbiased, leading budding writers to produce high-quality professional works of their own. You may contact me via e-mail if you wish further information but I believe her professionalism stands well on its own merits.