Erika Hoffman of Chatham County, North Carolina, has been writing with the goal of publication for 12 years. She’s been published 430 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 undergraduate and graduate 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: NC Writers Network, Carteret Writers, and TAF.