Alanna Parke Kvale lives in Plano, TX, where she works as a freelance writer. After thirty-five years of marriage, her husband passed away, victim of a sudden heart attack, and she found herself alone. The next few years of widowhood taught her a lot about starting over and learning how to find a new purpose in life. Since writing had been a part of her life for over twenty-five years, it seemed a natural step to write about the experience. That’s how Widowhood Is Not Funny came about. Write to her at: widow_to_widow@yahoo.com Visit her blog: www.widowhoodisnotfunny.blogspot.com