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Nancy MacMillan commented on the group 'Family Diaries and Documents'

This week Wounded Warriors Walk Among Us / Excerpt Chapter 24 deals with our returning veterans and their families. It’s difficult right now to post once a week with all I’ve undertaken. I hope this changes once…

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Family Diaries and Documents

Recently I've heard from several people who have diaries, journals, poetry and other documents from ancestors. Let's share what treasures we have, what they teach us about ourselves, and how we can use them as the basis for our own writing.

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I read an interesting interview with a famous biographer. It got me thinking about gender and if/how women write women's lives differently than "traditional" (male) biographers do the life stories of men. It resulted in a post…

Jan 26

Ali Berlinski commented on the group 'Family Diaries and Documents'

HELP ME PUBLISH! Thanks to my friends at Pubslush I have a wonderful opportunity to publish my book and simultaneously, help promote literacy in third world countries. To publish my book I need 2000 supporters. A supporter is a person who…

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Happy New Year! Here's a new post reflecting back on 2011:http://julijasukys.com/?p=2664

Jan 8

Julija Sukys commented on the group 'Family Diaries and Documents'

Cove Park (Scotland) offers what look to be fantastic residency opportunities to international artists and writers of all levels of experience. If you're in the market for some time away, here are the details as to how to apply.

Dec 19, 2011

Julija Sukys commented on the group 'Family Diaries and Documents'

Countdown to Publication: The Work of Promoting a Book My new book, Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona Šimaitė (cover seen above) will appear in four months. A few nights ago, I had a great conversation with my press's…

Dec 6, 2011

Nancy MacMillan commented on the group 'Family Diaries and Documents'

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a real illness caused by many different traumatic situations and can happen to anyone! Visit "Has PTSD Touched You?" plus an excerpt from Chapter 26 of my memoir, Diary of a Vet's Wife, on…

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Please come by the blog to read my interview with Nancy K. Miller. She is a founding member of SheWrites, a giant in the field of feminist (auto)biography, and the author of the new memoir What They Saved: Pieces of a Jewish Past.…

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Lisa Rivero commented on the blog post 'SheWriMo: Join the She Writes November Writing Challenge!'

A lot of writing today but almost all of it was for a volunteer position. I guess writing practice is writing practice? Looking forward to the weekend when I have more time for "me" writing. Another agent I'd queried requested the…

Nov 5, 2011

Lisa Rivero commented on the blog post 'SheWriMo: Join the She Writes November Writing Challenge!'

Everyone is doing so well (and so many different things)! I finished my book proposal and began querying agents--one request for the full proposal so far.

Nov 3, 2011

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Who I am:: Lisa Rivero: The Wild Thyme Unseen: lisarivero.com
Everyday Intensity: everydayintensity.com
Twitter: twitter.com/Lisa_Rivero
Facebook Author Page

Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:: Creative Home Schooling (Great Potential Press, 2002)
The Homeschooling Option (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008)
A Parent's Guide to Gifted Teens (Great Potential Press, 2010)
The Smart Teens' Guide to Living with Intensity (Great Potential Press, 2010)

My writing is:: Fiction, Nonfiction, Blog Posts, Screenwriting

Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:: Occasionally on my blogs

Services I offer to other writers:: I am a freelance back-of-the-book indexer for nonfiction books.

I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:: Yes, a very small monthly local group.

My professional associations:: Member of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators

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I'm Giving Away Books!

Posted on September 9, 2010 at 5:26am 0 Comments 0 Likes

Last week I was very happy to receive a surprise email from my publisher Dr. Jim Webb at Great Potential Press letting me know that A Parent's Guide to Gifted Teens: Living with Intense and Creative Adolescents is a Choice Awards® Gold Recipient in the Family & Parenting Books category. I want to… Continue

September Writing Habits

Posted on September 2, 2010 at 11:43am 0 Comments 0 Likes

After spending August establishing my new habit of writing for an hour in the morning before going online, I spent some time yesterday thinking about what I want to do for September. I'm grateful to a couple of authors whose books have guided me in this area.

I've already written about the book The Power of Slow, by Christine… Continue

Complacencies of the Pen

Posted on August 15, 2010 at 1:17pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

Sunday Morning

by Wallace Stevens

Complacencies of the peignoir, and late

Coffee and oranges in a sunny chair,

And the green freedom of a cockatoo

Upon a rug mingle to dissipate

The holy hush of ancient sacrifice.

She dreams a little…

Complacency: 1. The fact or state of being pleased with a thing or person; tranquil… Continue

"A faithful friend is a sure shelter": Tell Us We're Home

Posted on July 17, 2010 at 2:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

"A faithful friend is a sure shelter"

With only one day left for a chance to win copies of free books for and about gifted teens, it seems the perfect time to write about Tell Us We're Home, a novel by… Continue

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At 3:49am on November 21, 2010, Geraldine Nesbitt said…: Hi Lisa

I posted to ´new members´ forum with my URL and blogpage details. Can you adde me to the bloggers index. Thanks.
Also I started a new blog herr on She Writes. How do I promote it, efficiently?

Geraldine

At 10:45am on September 19, 2010, Maureen E. Doallas said…: Lisa, thank you for visiting WWP and commenting on the two five-line poems. I appreciate it.

At 6:26am on September 9, 2010, ComingbackfromBPDandED said…: Thanks for the add! Hope all is going well!
-http://consequencesofimpulsivity.blogspot.com/

At 4:03pm on July 16, 2010, Tania Pryputniewicz said…: Lisa, thanks kindly for running the interview here too. And thanks again for the "assignment."

At 6:31pm on July 10, 2010, Cara Lopez Lee said…: I'm flattered to receive a friend request from someone so accomplished, Lisa. I was fascinated by your blog on "Everyday Intensity." I mentioned it to my husband, and it gave him a laugh, since many people would call me "intense." However, I didn't quite fit the list of requirements. Phew. They WERE intense. :) Looking forward to connecting with someone so keyed into intellectual pursuits. I will warn you however, my writing might be a shock to someone with one-time aspirations to get herself to a nunnery!

At 9:42am on July 9, 2010, Tania Pryputniewicz said…: Lisa,

been meaning to give my vote on web/blog layout--thought I'd do it here at last! I prefer the layout of your current site--I tend to like a layout with images, etc, so the calendar snippet posting is less appealing to me, though I can understand it gives someone a better idea of a greater number of posts at a glance. Hope that helps....

At 9:01am on July 8, 2010, Marina Budhos said…: Thanks so much, Lisa! I saw you had linked to Tell Us We're Home on your own blog, which I shared with my husband, Marc Aronson, as I think some of his interests overlap with yours, in terms of challenging young people ...

At 8:23am on July 7, 2010, Editors Picks said…: Hey Lisa,
We've featured your post on Editors' Picks this week!
Check it out here.
Keep it up!
-Kate
Managing Editor, She Writes Blog

At 3:48pm on July 6, 2010, Cyndi Briggs said…: Thanks, Lisa! And I LOVE that Liz Gilber quote/TED talk. One of my goals in life is to be friends with her :). Thanks for the encouragement!

At 3:29pm on July 4, 2010, Ruth Yeager said…: Lisa -
I grew up in central Illinois, but my grandparents and four aunts and uncles lived in South Dakota. Every other year we'd spend a week on the family farm 30 miles west of Faith, but I haven't been back since my grandmother died in 1987. I feel much closer to South Dakota through my Dad's diaries and memoirs than I did by visiting.