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Book Contract Signed for Across An Aqueous Moon: Travels in Autism
This weekend, I signed and returned the book contract for my poetry collection, Across An Aqueous Moon: Travels in Autism, along with the revised manuscript (multiple hard copies plus digital files in PDF and MS Word) headshots (in color and black … Continue reading
Artwork for Across An Aqueous Moon: Travels in Autism
My multi-talented boyfriend, Nathan McKenna, has created some amazing artwork for the cover of my forthcoming poetry collection, Across An Aqueous Moon: Travels in Autism. The original plan was to use some of my daughter’s artwork on the cover. Katie’s … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, My Life, News, Publications
Tagged Across An Aqueous Moon: Travels in Autism, Poetry, Writing Life
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“Waiting For Words” Featured at the Museum of Motherhood
My story, Waiting for Words, is being featured for the next two weeks with the art of Sarah Nicholls as part of an ekphrastic project called M.A.M.A. (mothers are making art). You can see it here. A list of all the featured … Continue reading
Poetry Manuscript Accepted for Publication
I am thrilled to announce that my chapbook manuscript, entitled Across An Aqueous Moon: Travels in Autism, has been accepted for publication! After a long, hot summer filled with plenty of rejections, Finishing Line Press sent me an email last … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, My Life, News, Publications
Tagged Autism, Creativity, Gratitude, Manuscript, Memoir, Milestones, Poetry, Unplanned Life, Writing Life
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Story Selected for Multi-Media Collaboration at the Museum of Motherhood
I am excited to announce that my piece, Waiting for Words, has been selected by Marjorie Tesser, Editor of The Mom Egg Review, as part of a new ekphrastic project called M.A.M.A. (mothers are making art). M.A.M.A. is a collaboration … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, My Life, News, Publications
Tagged Art, Autism, M.A.M.A., MAMA, Memoir, Speech Delay, The Mom Egg Review, The Museum of Motherhood, The Procreate Project, Unplanned Life, Writing Life
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Essay Selected for Forthcoming Dating Anthology
I am pleased to announce that my essay, “Pick Ups at the Dog Park,” has been selected for publication in a forthcoming anthology entitled, Rendezvous in the Rough: Essays from the 21st Century Dating Trenches. Dealing with topics such as … Continue reading
Third Draft of My Memoir is Done!!
It’s been a long, strange spring. First I developed a bizarre thumb infection that rendered my right hand virtually useless. I was forced to take more antibiotics than I care to think about and soaked my bloated digit six times … Continue reading
Posted in My Life, News
Tagged 50th Birthday, Creativity, Draft #3, Expectations, Memoir, Milestones, Poetry, Single Parent, Unplanned Life, Writing Life
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Another Story Selected for Performance By Petaluma Readers Theatre
Many of you will remember that the Petaluma Readers Theatre (PRT) performed my award-winning story, “Elliott Comes to Play” on stage back in the summer of 2012. As I told PRT after the performance, “seeing my story performed on stage … Continue reading
Posted in My Life, News, Other Writers, Publications
Tagged Adoption, Christine Falson-Daigle, Chuck Kensler, Craig Harris, Cynthia Patton, David Berner, Dear Ole Dad: A Tribute to Fatherhood, Divorce, Ed Rau, Eric Wallace, Family, Jean Wong, Jennifer March, John Noland, Jon Berger, Leslie Scratchard, Pat Tyler, Petaluma Readers Theatre, Sheila Bender, Single Parent, Susan Starbird, Terry Kolkey, The Clear Herat Stage, There's No Daddy Here, Tiny Lights, Unplanned Life, Writing Life
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Second Guest Post on Monday Coffee
The multi-talented Liz Whiteacre asked me to do another guest post for the Monday Coffee and Other Stories of Mothering Children with Special Needs website and blog. If you remember, I had a story published in the Monday Coffee anthology back in … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, My Life, News, Other Writers, Publications
Tagged Acceptance, Anger, Autism, Autism Awareness, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Raising Kids on the Spectrum, Comparison, Fear, Grace, Monday Coffee and Other Stories of Mothering Children with Special Needs, Reading, Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew, Tyann Sheldon Rouw, Unplanned Life, Writing Life
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