This has been an exciting week for me! In addition to producing and hosting my first Storied Nights: An Evening of Spoken Word as part of the City’s Art Happens program, I learned that one of my stories has been accepted for publication. My submission, “Waiting, Still Waiting for Words,” will be published in a yet-to-be-named anthology for mothers of children with special needs.
InWords Press has agreed to publish the anthology which is the vision of Darolyn Jones and Liz Whiteacre, who are mothers, writers, disability advocates, professors, and now editors. InWords Press is a small, independent publisher affiliated with the nonprofit Indiana Writers Center (IWC) whose mission is to nurture a diverse writing community, support established and emerging writers, improve written and verbal communication, and cultivate an audience for literature in Indiana. Any royalties made from the project will return to the Memoir Project at IWC to give other writers, often marginalized ones, a voice.
As always, it is an honor to have my work selected for publication, but I especially love that this anthology will help not only special needs moms but also other memoir writers. A big thanks to Darolyn Jones and Liz Whiteacre for spearheading the project and to InWords Press for agreeing to publish and market the book.
I’ll keep you posted as the project develops.
Until next time,
Cynthia Patton
