"You're welcome! I've been a little out of the loop on SW, so am just getting back to my groups and into the action. Hope you're enjoying your time here and thanks for checking out my work and Jan's cartoon. We're so lucky to…"
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Laura Davy left a comment for Valerie Brooks
"Thank you for adding me as a friend. I look forward to getting to know you. I'll have to check out your work, not to mention the character based on you in "Stone Soup.""
Valerie Brooks left a comment for Deborah Lawrenson
"Deborah,
I read bed books as "bed bugs." Yuck!
I know what you mean by feeling 103 sometimes when it comes to all this social media.
Thanks for posting to your FB page. My friend Susan emailed me about how much she loved your book and…"
Deborah Lawrenson left a comment for Valerie Brooks
"Thank you very much, Valerie!
I'll post the link to you and your bed-books on my Author facebook page (if I can work out what to do now that they've modernized us...I sound 103, don't I? In facebooks years, like dog years, I…"
Valerie Brooks left a comment for Deborah Lawrenson
"Deborah,
I'll send you a photo. I do this for all my writing/author pals here in the Northwest and beyond. I think it's encouraging to see where a book is and how it's displayed.
Val"
Deborah Lawrenson left a comment for Valerie Brooks
"Thank you very much indeed for that, Valerie! I'm delighted - as much by the thoughtfulness of your report as the piles going down. It's strange being over here in Europe and not being able to tell at all how things are going. Cheers! : )"
Valerie Brooks left a comment for Deborah Lawrenson
"Deborah,
I use our B&N store for a writing office on M&Fs and can see the tables of books. Your stack of THE LANTERN has shortened considerably and have been tempted to ask one of the employees how often they've replenished it. :) One…"
Jennifer Hart left a comment for Valerie Brooks
"Thank you so much for adding me as a friend. Having just arrived here, I'm still looking around on just how to "meet" people! "
Diane Hite Weidenbenner left a comment for Valerie Brooks
"Thank you. I'm looking forward to learning more about everyone and growing in the craft of writing."
Valerie Brooks left a comment for Deborah Lawrenson
"You're welcome, Deborah. The Lantern is soooo good. Love your lyrical writing, not something I've come across much of lately. Ah, lavender fields. So different than the scent of a lavender candle. :) I'm planning a major trip…"
Deborah Lawrenson left a comment for Valerie Brooks
"Hello Valerie! Great to "meet" you and thanks for your very kind words - they are much appreciated. Looking forward to reading more of your blog."
Karen B. Call left a comment for Valerie Brooks
"Thank you, Valerie. I'm definitely struggling in finding my way as I write my novel. Wish the way I think it would show up on the page .....:) I hear this is a terrific group/site."
Kathie Leung left a comment for Valerie Brooks
"Thanks, Valerie. I'm tuning out and plugging away at this deadline (waves hello to everyone). See y'all on April Fool's Day, eh? "
Kimberlee Gerstmann left a comment for Valerie Brooks
"Thank you for the welcome. I am looking forward to getting more involved with SheWrites and trying to find my way around. :)"
Deni Cary Phillips left a comment for Valerie Brooks
"Thanks, Valerie. I'm still getting the hang of things here. I appreciate your friendship.
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Profile Information
- Who I am:
- I don't live in Paris, but pretend I do. I don't, however, pretend to write. I'm at it all the time. Here's more ... I've attended writing residencies at Villa Montalvo for the Arts, Hedgebrook, Soapstone and Vermont Studio Center. My agent valiantly tried selling my novel, “Parallel Crossings,” and I'm revising for another round to sympathetic editors. I've been awarded the Monticello Award for Fiction and a grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation. I served as Associate Fiction Editor on "Northwest Review." When I say, “I’ll see you in the funny papers,” I'm not kidding. Jan Eliot, creator of the syndicated cartoon "Stone Soup," is my best pal, and she "borrowed" a few things from me, like my name, my hair, my attitude, and my love of Lycra. Someday I'll get even.
My blog:
http://gobsmackedwriter.blogspot.com/
My Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/valerie.j.brooks
My Twitter handle:
@ValinParis
- Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
- My short story “Dead Children” was published in SCENT OF CEDARS: THIRTY-TWO PROMISING WRITERS FROM THE PACIFIC NORHTWEST. A short memoir “Liberté” appeared in FRANCE, A LOVE STORY: WOMEN WRITE ABOUT THE FRENCH EXPERIENCE.
- Media outlets that I currently write for:
- Book Reviews on Amazon, B&N, Goodreads
- My writing is:
- Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Blog Posts
- Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:
- Review books
- Services I offer to other writers:
- No, but my blog addresses writers' concerns
- I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:
- I'm a member of a writer's group. We call ourselves LitChix because we are.
- My professional associations:
- Oregon Writers Colony, Willamette Writers, Women Writing the West
- I found out about She Writes from:
- Jennifer Lauck
Valerie Brooks's Blog
How a Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Writes? You Won't Believe It!
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 12:17pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
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When Writers Run Aground
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 6:36pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
31 August 2011
It’s been a tough few weeks for my fellow writers, friends and family. Short version: a sister who has separated from the love of her life; a close creative friend having a daughter post a blog about all of mom’s perceived failures as a mother; a dear friend and author of three fine novels who has had her editor reject the latest novel while all along saying she loved it; and our oldest granddaughter, well, for lack of… ContinueComment Wall (86 comments)
- At 4:53pm on April 24, 2012,
Rebecca Lane Beittel said… I haven't been on SheWrites much lately. Been busy doing my own "thang" I suppose. I'm curious as to what my SheWrites friends are up to, writing-wise, though. Right now, I'm waiting to hear back from 2 agents who have requested my full manuscript of The Time Minders. I'm still working on Kingdoms of Blood & Magic, but not as diligently as I should, since I've been querying/submitting for the TTM, doing scads of tutoring at my daughters' school and work for our church's youth group. How about YOU?
- At 2:58pm on April 12, 2012,
Laura Davy said… Thank you for adding me as a friend. I look forward to getting to know you. I'll have to check out your work, not to mention the character based on you in "Stone Soup."
- At 2:07am on April 1, 2012,
Deborah Lawrenson said… Thank you very much, Valerie!
I'll post the link to you and your bed-books on my Author facebook page (if I can work out what to do now that they've modernized us...I sound 103, don't I? In facebooks years, like dog years, I probably am!).
All best,
Deborah
- At 8:42am on March 25, 2012, Deborah Lawrenson said…
Thank you very much indeed for that, Valerie! I'm delighted - as much by the thoughtfulness of your report as the piles going down. It's strange being over here in Europe and not being able to tell at all how things are going. Cheers! : )
- At 7:36am on March 12, 2012,
Jennifer Hart said… Thank you so much for adding me as a friend. Having just arrived here, I'm still looking around on just how to "meet" people!
- At 1:32pm on March 9, 2012,
Diane Hite Weidenbenner said… Thank you. I'm looking forward to learning more about everyone and growing in the craft of writing.
- At 12:04pm on March 8, 2012, Deborah Lawrenson said…
Hello Valerie! Great to "meet" you and thanks for your very kind words - they are much appreciated. Looking forward to reading more of your blog.
- At 3:55pm on March 6, 2012,
Karen B. Call said… Thank you, Valerie. I'm definitely struggling in finding my way as I write my novel. Wish the way I think it would show up on the page .....:) I hear this is a terrific group/site.
- At 3:54pm on March 6, 2012,
Kathie Leung said… Thanks, Valerie. I'm tuning out and plugging away at this deadline (waves hello to everyone). See y'all on April Fool's Day, eh?
- At 5:18pm on March 4, 2012,
Kimberlee Gerstmann said… Thank you for the welcome. I am looking forward to getting more involved with SheWrites and trying to find my way around. :)
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