"GYPSY" (Moody Blues)-- Linda is a New Zealander and US resident with over 20 year's experience at 9 full-service ad' agencies, 6 radio stations, 5 newspapers and 2 television stations in 5 countries -- Australia, New Zealand, the Sultanate of Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and the USA. Born, brought up and educated in New Zealand, lived and worked in Australia for several years, lived and worked in the Middle East for 12 years. Now resident in Houston, Texas, the hometown of her husband, an oilfield executive and native Houstonian.

"DREAMWEAVER" (Gary Wright) -- Linda is trained in creative copywriting and art direction, direction of videos and radio and TV commercial production, marketing, promotions and publicity -- by Radio New Zealand and some of the world's top ad' agencies and admen such as Doyle Dane Bernbach, Leo Burnett, Ogilvy & Mather, Young & Rubicam, Jerry Della Femina, and the world's largest pharmaceutical ad' agency, Sudler & Hennessey.

"LADY WRITER" (Dire Straits) -- Linda is very experienced in the writing and design of full-fledged creative ad' campaigns from concept to delivery, publicity, promotions, and PR in all media, including radio commercials, television commercials, newspaper and magazine ad's, audio-visual presentations, music videos, tourism documentaries, brochures, packaging, outdoor advertising and direct mail. Also writes lyrics, poetry, short sci-fi stories and scripts, and creates her own line of greeting cards called "GlitterWorks".

"COME AND BUY MY TOYS" (David Bowie) -- Linda has worked on many types of advertising accounts from aircraft manufacturers to retail stores, fashion, hospitals, restaurants, pharmaceuticals, radio stations, TV stations, music, entertainment, agriculture and tourism. Has written about almost every subject, from "apples to zoos", producing unique, original creative concepts for many large brand accounts, such as Revlon, Kodak, Qantas, Wellcome Pharmaceuticals, Nomad Aircraft, ICI Pharmaceuticals.

"MAGIC BUS " (The Who) --Linda's employment background includes a variety of occupations, including: hospital general nurse, waitress, newspaper office clerk, journalist/photographer, photo caption writer, TV publicity manager, radio creative copywriter, radio commercial department supervisor, ad' agency creative copywriter, art director, ad agency creative department director, department store window dresser, bank teller, event hostess/organizer, concert organizer/promoter, campaigner/fundraiser, fish 'n chip shop counter help, cafe counter help/dishwasher, bookstore clerk/librarian, radio music department librarian, cook, motel cleaner, hotel maid/housekeeper, cocktail bar manager/bartender, hotel manager, receptionist, freelance advertising and marketing consultant, cosmetic consultant, sunflower seed research field worker, oilfield equipment PA, website designer and developer, fashion designer, fashion model, radio programmer, TV programmer, newspaper contributing editor, magazine editor, radio marketing materials designer/editor.

"COMPUTER AGE" (Neil Young) --Linda has above-average computer and internet literacy, She's a Corel graphics wizard, webmistress of her own domain and the sites of several clients. HTML, DreamWeaver, Flash, Fireworks, CorelDraw, CorelPhotoPaint, PowerPoint, Adobe PhotoShop, Photodex, Lotus WordPro, MS Word, MS Publisher.

"LIMELIGHT" (Alan Parsons Project) -- Linda is a jazz-blues-rock vocalist with a rich, sultry singing voice who has performed with bands of 150 nationalities all over the world. Instructed by Houston professional vocalist/singing teacher, Jane Vandiver, acting coach, Price Hall, of the Houston film complex, "Studios of the Americas" and the "Natural Acting" company, Houston vocalist/actress, Sharon Montgomery, Houston jazz pianists, Joe LoCascio, faculty member of the Houston Community College, and Robert Henschen. Other music/vocal instruction and assistance from Austin jazz vocalist, Kellye Gray, Houston's own Mr Saxophone, Rickey "the Great One" Ford, Houston musician, Randal Calcote, Mumbai, India, keyboardist/guitarist, John Sylvan and Indian vocalist, Jeannette Lobo, Estes Park, Colorado, musician/vocalist/songwriter/producer, Dick Orleans, UK band, "Credibility", Philippines band, "Duty Free" and New Zealand bands, "Third Selection" and "Grapevine". Former editor of her hometown Musician's Union newsletter, and Musician's Club manager.

"TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT" (Randy Meisner) -- Linda is a former freestyle swimming competition and long-distance running race event winner and competition marching band team member.

"BORN TO BE A WINNER" (Bonnie Tyler) -- Linda was a child and teen beauty pageant winner -- Little Miss Rotorua City, Rose Princess, Orange Blossom Princess, and others -- and graduate of Elaine Miscall's Miss World School of Deportment & Etiquette, New Zealand, Commonwealth Games event hostess, New Zealand.

"DOWN HOME GIRL" (Rolling Stones) -- Linda enjoys fishing, hunting, nature walks. Raised on farm life, the outdoors, New Zealand's beautiful flowers, trees, wildlife, birds, woods, lakes, forests, rivers, snow-capped mountains, and sunny beaches.

"DANCER" (Queen) -- Linda was a ballroom and latin-american dance competition winner and also the leader of her own professional dance group "Purple Haze".

"HOUSE OF MANY ROOMS" (Mike & the Mechanics) -- Some of Linda's other interests include sketching, sewing, knitting, crochet, cooking, collecting recipes, nutrition, home interior decor, gardening, movies, television, radio, psychology, physics, fashion, cloth-doll art and jewelry making.

"LOVE IN THE LIBRARY" (Jimmy Buffet) --Reading is Linda's first love. At age 11, she was evaluated as having the reading comprehension of a 16-year-old. At around the same age, she wrote children's book reviews for her hometown public library and read them on air for the local radio station. Her interests are eclectic, therefore her reading includes all types of magazines, newspapers, and fiction and non-fiction books on an unusually broad range of subjects.

"Webwitch's Weblinks for Writers"

- bibliofind
- bibliomania: free books online
- bookfinder
- byline magazine for writers
- dictionary of difficult words
- elements of style by William Strunk, Jr.
- encyclopedia.com
- first book ever written in rock n' roll lyrics
- greatest novel ever written
- guide to grammar and writing
- guiness book of world records
- gutenberg Project: free books online
- houston bookstores
- houston libraries
- houston magazines and newspapers
- internet writing journal
- librarian.net
- library of Congress
- libraries of the world
- lyrics library
- lyricist.com songwriter links
- the 100 most influential books ever written
- oxford book of english verse
- public libraries of the world
-Seshet - Ancient Egypt's librarian of the Pyramids
- the visual thesaurus
- world's greatest comic bookstore
- world's biggest bookstore
- world's biggest online bookstore
- world's largest published book
- world's largest library
- world's largest online library
- world's oldest printed book
- world's smallest printed book
- write news
- writer's encyclopedia
- writer's notebook

Linda E. Drouin

WRITER/DESIGNER/VOCALIST

PRESIDENT OF
WEB WITCHERY CREATIVE DESIGNS