Lizbeth Meredith's Blog, page 14

When Showing Up is Enough

I was so in need of a break before I set off for what we Alaskans call the Lower 48 some weeks back. Getting closer to retirement from a job I have loved and occasionally loathed, I’ve been searching for what comes next and where to live it. I’ve hoped for a place with defined ... Read more

The Book Launch Failure Nobody Knows About…Until Now

Author: Meredith Noble In the world of independent publishing, Meredith Noble is defying the odds with her book, How to Write a Grant:Become a Grant Writing Unicorn. Quickly becoming a #1 release on Amazon in its category and garnering a multitude of reviews, here she shares some of the challenges in her journey to success ... Read more

Four Things I Learned from Maria Henson’s “To Have and To Harm” series on domestic violence

As I drove to Lexington, Kentucky yesterday from my temporary station in Louisville, I remembered the first time I’d committed to going. In 1991, while taking Literature of Appalachian Women in Alaska that rocked my world, we students were given copies of the Lexington Herald-Leader’s editorial series by Maria Henson. Henson, who was later awarded ... Read more

August Roundup

A quick note to share art and conversations that I think you might enjoy, too. My recent favorite book is Successful Self-Publishing by Joanna Penn. For anyone considering beginning a writing career, the author gives a step-by-step guide of how to succeed. And in a perfect world, I would love to think that I could ... Read more

A Sign of Good things to Come

As I was driving my friend Ruth to lunch the other day in a windstorm, I grumbled in too great of detail about how many (relatively) little things turned to ash the previous week. Long made plans to raft with my family? Cancelled due to weather. My nifty birthday gift, a book given to me ... Read more

Simple Expressions of Love

Just a quick note to say Hello to you and goodbye to July. My oldest daughter had a birthday recently, and we just celebrated together a few hours ago. This is definitely my more reclusive child. The one who gets upset if photos of her are posted on social media without her permission. The one ... Read more

Author Interview with Lisa Braver Moss/Shrug

I love a good book, and was honored to provide an author endorsement for this one. Shrug is available to order now! I’m so pleased to have Lisa Braver Moss as my guest. What inspired you to write Shrug? My experience growing up was similar to that of Shrug’s main character, Martha, so that was ... Read more

June Listens, Watches, and Reads

How are you? Welcome! It’s June with a vengeance. With warmer temps and thicker wildfire smoke than I can remember in Alaska’s history, it’s one for the books. And movies. And podcasts. Due to the long and lovely summer days, I still have 6 hours of bright sunlight to enjoy after I get off work ... Read more

Scenes From My Balcony on Summer Solstice

During summer solstice, a sacred time here in Alaska when it’s light almost all night long, I sat on the balcony most of the day and night, reading and writing. I’d squished all of my socializing in the day before. Coffee with one friend, a long walk with another, thrift-store shopping with my oldest daughter, ... Read more

May Musings

I’ve been listening to audiobook WHAT COMES NEXT AND HOW TO LIKE IT by Abigail Thomas, a terrific memoir that nudges me to savor the large and small happenings of life in the moment. So here’s what’s happening right now; my cats are chasing one another around the house, my youngest daughter is texting me ... Read more