Thank you Deborah, its best to be sitting next to friends ....

I enjoyed your post and got a real kick reading the responses and commenting. I feel so much more connected to the writers who shared their stories. I still plan to write a post on my blog with pictures. Maybe tomorrow and I'll come back to your post with a link to it.

Have a lovely evening.

thanks!!!

Deborah - your quick reply and support makes someone feel so good! Thanks. Nancy

Thank you so much, Deborah. I really appreciate your support!
Mary

Deborah, I appreciate your support. I've met many loving, giving, generous women authors. It's a wonderful community.
Marcia

Thanks, Deborah!
Marisa

Deborah, Deborah, You make my day. Thanks for connecting. It's wonderful to hear one's words resonate : ) And of course I'll be happy to ping you when I post something else with a touch of green.

Thanks for the friend request, Deborah, and for the heads up about the "listing" page. I hadn't figured that out, so I'm most grateful. I do so enjoy your posts. Keep up the great work. L.

Thanks for the note Deborah! Christine

Hey-how are you? I thought it would be fun to write a light-hearted book for a change. And what could be more light-hearted than the subject of women's shoes? I hope you're doing well!!

Pleased to meet you, Deborah! Thanks for befriending me! --Ellis

Thanks for friending me! Nice to know you! Jen

Hi! Thanks for friending me! I've enjoyed reading your blog posts-- looking forward to reading more!

Happy I inspired you! It was easier on them then me! They are 5 and 2. It was the two year old I LONGED to squeeze on at 3:00 am! It is a great goal to keep in mind! WIth my 5 year old it was easier because he had many overnights prior. I think it is good for all of us in many ways!

My Dearest SheWrites Colleagues, especially Deborah Siegel,

I'll probably leave a snider aside on the NYT blog, but was so bugged after reading such a cavalier SCREW YOU, LADIES from less than New Yawk gents about editorial choices, I needed to drop you this line.

When the University of California (which sets policy for the entire higher ed system in Sonny, CA from Jr. college on up) declared Affirmative Action was no longer necessary about ten years ago, there were PERHAPS three African American English instructors in the dozen community colleges south of L.A. and a handful of Hispanics (beach communities, Orange County, San Diego). The reason given was they couldn't find qualified minority candidates (where weren't they looking?), and it was merely "coincidental" that the majority of hires happened to be WASPS (although more women got tenure than ever before). This was at as time when every college hired 2-4 English instructors each year. Department chairs and deans are primarily white males, and after years of hiring freezes, the face of higher ed in S. California is embarrassingly pale (and the administrators overwhelmingly, woefully male).

The demographics of the student body these days consist primarily of Hispanics, Asians, and African Americans.

Is it just me, or is our new President getting an extraordinary degree of contempt, underreporting, and disrespect, more than most under a thousand day Commanders-in-Chief typically have gotten, even those who couldn't pronounce words correctly?

America may be running out of resources, but it seems to be a country with an unlimited supply of bigotry. So why be surprised over racist policies at the New York Times?

Rhoda Greenstone

UIC and Univ of IL - Chicago are one and the same!
To have a virtual "bookswap" bookshelf ... maybe it would have to be a "group" and members list what they have available. Not sure how it could work after that. But I've periodically invited individual writers to swap with me (those boxes of previous titles we have sitting around) ... so my book gets to one other reader, and I am introduced to books I may have never read.

Thanks so much, Deborah. I appreciate it. It's wonderful hearing from so many women writers.

Thanks for your generous compliment, Deb. I hope Judah will approve if he ever reads it... he's the ultimate audience.