At 6:20 pm this evening I was informed that Sharon Gilbert had died. I was in shock. Now I realize what Sharon would have loved more than anything is for us to write about her.

Sharon's last words to me were in a phone message to me, "I'm sorry I can't go for Chinese Muslim food, I've just been to Kaiser and they said I have a cold in my eye and it is contagious and I don't want you to get it."

That was left on my phone machine on the evening of Friday, January 20, 2006.

Obviously Kaiser, it was a lot more than a cold in her eye!

Sharon loved writing in all forms. She wanted to launch a Web site, "The Next Level" taking all writing to the next level. She is already at the next level of life so I think we should honor her by writing about her in a way that shows her genius.

Oh yeah she also was a stickler for grammar and punctuation, so do it right.

You can post any comment you like.

I'm so saddened by our great loss of a truly divine talent and one heck of singer.

If you have any trouble posting comments you may e-mail me. Lynn Walford at lw@freelancewriternow.com and I will post the comments for you.