Author: Beryl Belsky

I was born in Ireland, grew up in Australia, spent a year in Japan and several years in the UK, and currently live in Israel. I am a graduate in East Asian Studies from the Australian National University. As a professional academic editor for over 30 years I've always envied writers. But it was only a few years ago, prior to my retirement, that I began writing – or rather blogging – myself. I began with two blogs, The Asia Connection, and Faces of Tennis. Sometime after that I decided to expand to a full website, one whose focus would not be on my own writing but on the creative work of other writers. The result was The Writer’s Drawer, a free, intercultural showcase for almost all genres and all levels of writing. Its uniqueness lies in the free editing support that I offer, and in the annual anthology of stories and poems from the website that I have begun publishing. The first volume in the series, A Certain Kind of Freedom: Stories and Poems from The Writer’s Drawer, came out in late 2013. The deadline for submissions, especially of short stories, to the next one, is September 15, 2014. You can contact me by email.