DAME RUTH IS IN THE HOUSE OF THE WRITING ESSENTIAL AS THE NEW MONDAY HUMOR MEMBER EDITOR

                                                                                                                                                              I  am pleased to officially announce that Dame Ruth, Chief Executive Elitist D. is the new Member Editor for Humor Mondays in the Writing Essential. She has contributed a great deal of wisdom, wit, sass, and class to Gather since joining that fateful day of August 1, 2006.  

According to Dame Ruth: "I'm a teenage hellion in a creaky old body. I have recently published my eighth book, called "LIFE, DEATH AND OTHER TRIVIA, Outrageous Observations of a Wicked Old Broad." My earlier works were controversial, but made the bestsellers lists in the US and UK and kept me alive for a lot of years. I spent eight years going around the world, living by my wits and the occasional royalty check. I've had more than 200 addresses, two husbands, two children, four grandchildren and a new great grandson. At 84, I can truthfully say "been there, done that" about virtually everything, everyplace and everybody.

She has made us laugh. She has even made some of us cry. Her level of commitment to maintaining the quality of writing on Gather is going to be a great asset to the Writing Essential. I look forward to checking in on Mondays.  Please help me welcome Dame Ruth. And don't forget to check out her latest book, "LIFE, DEATH AND OTHER TRIVIA, Outrageous Observations of a Wicked Old Broad."