Posted in Children, Family, Seychelles, Writing for a living on July 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
As promised, here are a few photos from the launch party. You can see how involved the kids were in the event by the fact that they are in the press shots like the one where I’m giving a book to the Minister of Education.
Sam signed every book I did and would say “Next!” when [...]
Posted in Family, Older women, Seychelles, Writing for a living on July 13, 2008 | 8 Comments »
The banner went up last week to prompt sales of my book. It just happens to hang at an intersection Mark has to drive by at least 4 times a day.
Photos from the book launch party Friday evening will be posted soon. It was a wonderful event, and I’m hanging on to the boost it [...]
Posted in Family, Island life, Seychelles, Writing for a living, tagged "Papaya ... and other seeds" on June 16, 2008 | 16 Comments »
A year ago last April, Paradise Preoccupied was born. It came about as a spill over from all the stuff I wasn’t allowed to write about on adoption dot com, much considered “off topic” … some of which actually was … and the frustration I felt as being so stifled.
Life was so much different all [...]
Posted in England, Island life, Seychelles, Writing for a living on June 11, 2008 | 11 Comments »
No, I’m not talking about my husband’s middle age crisis and resulting fallout, even though one reader … someone called Chris something, and I’m guessing is male … sent me a snotty comment that said with all the compassion and eloquence one might expect from someone taking the time to post, “Gee Sandra. Whine much?” [...]
Posted in Adoption, Adoption Advocacy, Cambodia, Entitled to opinions, Family, International Adoption, NaBloPoMo, WTF?, Writing for a living, tagged , abuse, Adoption.com on November 30, 2007 | 55 Comments »
Funny how things work out. At the beginning of this month when I started the whole NaBloPoMo thing, I would not have suspected November would end up with an obscenity of the XXX variety, but it has.
It seems that budget constraints and an abrupt shift in editorial policy, or something, has prompted Adoption.com, one of [...]
Posted in NaBloPoMo, Writing for a living, tagged , Huffington Post, writing on November 5, 2007 | 4 Comments »
A question posed on this blog on the Huffington Post stopped my fingers mid-stroke this afternoon, and I’m still not at all sure how I’m feeling about it.
Titled “It’s ‘Only’ Words” and written by Carol Hoenig, the main gist is the upcoming writers strike, and she reminds us in the first sentence that:
Whether a writer [...]
Posted in Writing for a living on September 1, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I have lived my life in awe of people who possess talents that allow them to produce pieces of art with a physical presence.
The idea that Michelangelo considered his David to have been encased in excess marble that he simply removed, albeit carefully, is astounding and confounding to my little brain that contorts itself [...]
Posted in Writing for a living on August 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Like a rare exotic pampered in the orchid-perfect climate of a Kew Gardens greenhouse, Judy the Chimp was accustomed to feeling special. Doting upon had been de rigueur since the minute her birth made national headlines: World’s First Known Golden Chimpanzee Born.
To say she was a special simian was an understatement: Judy was a jewel [...]
Posted in Adoption, Adoption Advocacy, Writing for a living on August 16, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m back from my vacation … a pleasant week in Mauritius … and have resumed my pro blogging, but it’s a slog. Having managed to kick my compuddiction quite nicely, thank you, getting back into the swing is proving to be harder than I imagined.
I did take my computer along, but used it only [...]
Posted in Adoption, Older women, On getting older, WTF?, Writing for a living, Younger men on July 11, 2007 | 3 Comments »
If you don’t already know this, I’ll share that one of the pro blogs I write is on the topic of adopting as an older parent.
Since I’m about to turn fifty-six and have a 4.75-year-old and a 2-year-old, I’m qualified to write about being a geezer mom. I try very hard not to make that [...]
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