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Did you Hear What I said?
I sat one afternoon sipping coffee as usual. I buried my nose into a book devoted to providing the most intimate details of the life of one of my personal favorite icons, Audrey Hepburn. I asked myself the question, “If I were no longer living, what would they write about me?” Do I have a story to tell? I began coming up with what I believed would make an interesting story about myself for someone else to enjoy while sipping their afternoon coffee. I realized without doubt that I was not Audrey… Continue
Posted on January 26, 2009 at 7:18am — 2 Comments
There's something on my shoe
It was customary at Grant Elementary School that after every school program, the next day would bring a critique session in music class as we watched the video of our prior evening’s production of …. Whatever it was we had performed. I was in the Sixth grade. I was tall, awkward and hideous as most pre-teen children are with big teeth, sweaty armpits that hadn’t been tamed with deodorant and a case of “know it all citus” that bore great strength over anyone who came up against it.
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Posted on January 10, 2009 at 7:55am — 1 Comment
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Sorry I didn't reply back to you sooner, but I didn't notice until now that you had emailed me. I guess I need to check around on the site more often.
Thanks for your kind words about my site. My husband set it up for me, and I haven't learned hoiw to update it yet. I need to do a bit more work on it.
As to how I got started--I began by writing articles. I wrote about mental health (since I'm a psychologist), and also about my kids (short, inspirational articles, parenting, etc.). Getting some publishing credits made it easier for me to be taken seriously by publishers when it came time to pitch a book idea. I found that short articles sell better than the longer, feature articles, and also the religious market seemed more open. They don't pay as well (usually), but it does seem easier to get published there.