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Sarah Joy Albrecht left a comment for Elrena Evans
Hi Elrena!! Thinking of you today :)
Did you see my post on the Neputa?! We had _so much fun_. What an amazing experience. Events like that make it worthwhile to be here in Japan.
Miss you lots. I miss Karen's Girls' Night Out!!!!
<3
Judith Warner left a comment for Elrena Evans
Yes, I'm very much looking forward to it --
Elatia Harris left a comment for Elrena Evans
Aw, thanks, Elrena! Tell me about yours sometime. I'll bet we have similar spelling difficulties when it's time to make a reservation...
Elrena Evans left a comment for Elatia Harris
I just have to say I think your name is so pretty! I saw it on the "members" page and thought I'd stop by and say how pretty. (I'm a big fan of cool names that begin with E. :) )
Binnie Klein left a comment for Elrena Evans
Listen to my interview with Caroline Grant, co-editor of "Mama Phd" on the Binnie Klein Radio Show on WPKN:
http://www.archive.org/download/BinnieKleinRadioInterviews/CarolineGrant.mp3
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Sarah Peppel left a comment for Elrena Evans
Thanks for letting me know about it!
Elrena Evans replied to the discussion 'Shame-Free Self-Promotion' in the group Motherhood Books
Oooh, oooh, I got one!
Caroline's and my book, Mama, PhD: Women Write About Motherhood and Academic Life, is going into its third printing. :)
We just found out yesterday....
Elrena Evans replied to the discussion 'Books to Know' in the group Motherhood Books
Okay, then I'll add yours! Practically Perfect in Every Way: http://www.practicallyperfectbook.com.
This isn't a motherhood book so much (at all) -- but going back and reading Madeline L'Engle's Time Quartet after I had…
FireMom left a comment for Elrena Evans
Thanks for the friend-ing. :) Glad to be here.
Melissa Camara Wilkins left a comment for Elrena Evans
Ooh, Double Daring badges... that would be a great idea! Though my son is already jealous of his sister's daring girl badges from the first book... ah, sibling strife.
Elrena Evans left a comment for Rebekah Spicuglia
Thanks! I just read your piece on Girl W/Pen....
Lisa Catherine Harper left a comment for Elrena Evans
Thanks for finding me! Yet one more thing to keep up with, but it looks like fun...
Deesha Philyaw left a comment for Elrena Evans
Thanks for the warm welcome, Elrena!
Elrena Evans left a comment for Deesha Philyaw
Welcome! Happy to see the Pennsylvania contingent is growing... :)
Elrena Evans replied to the discussion 'Books to Know' in the group Motherhood Books
Let's see...
If I put my book, I'll look like I'm stuck up. And if I put your book, I'll look like a kiss-up.
:)
Why don't we just start with Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions?
Profile Information
- Who I am:
- http://www.elrenaevans.com
- Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
- This Crowded Night - DreamSeeker Books (forthcoming)
Mama, PhD: Women Write About Motherhood and Academic Life - Rutgers University Press (co-editor)
How to Fit a Car Seat on a Camel - Seal Press (contributor)
Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers - Random House (contributor)
- Media outlets that I currently write for:
- Her.meneutics, the Christianity Today blog for Women
- My writing is:
- Fiction, Nonfiction
- Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:
- Occasionally
Comment Wall (17 comments)
- At 1:26am on August 29, 2009,
Sarah Joy Albrecht said… - Hi Elrena!! Thinking of you today :)
Did you see my post on the Neputa?! We had _so much fun_. What an amazing experience. Events like that make it worthwhile to be here in Japan.
Miss you lots. I miss Karen's Girls' Night Out!!!!
<3
- At 2:00pm on July 13, 2009,
Judith Warner said… - Yes, I'm very much looking forward to it --
- At 8:55pm on July 11, 2009,
Elatia Harris said… - Aw, thanks, Elrena! Tell me about yours sometime. I'll bet we have similar spelling difficulties when it's time to make a reservation...
- At 10:35am on July 11, 2009,
Binnie Klein said… - Listen to my interview with Caroline Grant, co-editor of "Mama Phd" on the Binnie Klein Radio Show on WPKN:
http://www.archive.org/download/BinnieKleinRadioInterviews/CarolineGrant.mp3
- At 6:29pm on July 10, 2009,
Sarah Peppel said… - Thanks for letting me know about it!
- At 11:16am on July 8, 2009,
FireMom said… - Thanks for the friend-ing. :) Glad to be here.
- At 10:16am on July 8, 2009,
Melissa Camara Wilkins said… - Ooh, Double Daring badges... that would be a great idea! Though my son is already jealous of his sister's daring girl badges from the first book... ah, sibling strife.
- At 7:02pm on July 7, 2009,
Lisa Catherine Harper said… - Thanks for finding me! Yet one more thing to keep up with, but it looks like fun...
- At 5:56pm on July 7, 2009,
Deesha Philyaw said… - Thanks for the warm welcome, Elrena!
- At 9:09am on July 6, 2009,
Jessica Gullion said… - Greetings and salutations! Thanks for the website -- this looks interesting. Hope you are well!
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Jeannette LeSure commented on the blog post 'I could only write my memoir…After my mother had died'
My father's death opened the closet of horrible memories and I began to write "ugly" as I called it then. I began to reach for some honesty in my writing as I went through three years of frequent flashbacks--not of HIM, but of another…
Beth Mann left a comment for Member News
How John Cusack ruined Valentine's Day for Me.
Jeannette LeSure commented on the blog post 'How to Write Memoir? 1. Forget Writing Prompts and Exercises 2. Stake Out Your Territory'
While I agree that we can get carried away and even use prompts and exercises as effective avoidance techniques to tell ourselves, well, we ARE writing something, I found two books and a couple of classes to be enormously helpful in getting me going…
How John Cusack and his boom box ruined Valentine's Day:
http://goo.gl/SgMfN
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