Lizbeth Meredith's Blog, page 18

The New Year’s Cruise and Other Updates

Happy 2018! My New Year began with a cruise vacation on Holland America’s Eurodam, where I enjoyed sunshine, fireworks, good friends, and a break from social media and work. I’d needed a vacation. And here’s what I loved most: The days at sea. I slept well. I went to the library to write. I found quiet spaces ... Read more

Cheers for the New Year

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… Charles Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities. And thankfully, it is over.- Lizbeth Meredith, after each and every Christmas. Happy nearly New Year! I hope your holiday was peaceful and lacking expectation. I enjoyed time with both of my grown daughters and with their ... Read more

A Full Circle Christmas and Dog-Eared Reads

  My youngest daughter called me from Barnes & Noble the other day. “What are 12-year-old boys reading these days?” she asked. She’d adopted a needy family whose name she got from a Christmas three at the mall. It was a sweet reminder. We’ve come full circle. “Did you know our little family was adopted one ... Read more

Holiday Catch-Up and NaNoWriMo

I hope your holiday season is going well. Please forgive my lack of activity. I’m gently behind on some emails and calls and blogging this month. I’ve slowed down markedly with the increasing cold and decreasing light. Sometimes, after I get home from work, I sit in a cold stupor and just think. I know ... Read more

Interview with Homestead Girl Author Chantelle Pence

This week, I’m happy to have Chantelle Pence as my guest author. I first met her at a farmer’s market, and with our common interests in writing and Alaska life and our kids, we developed an easy friendship. I so enjoyed her book Homestead Girl, and now follow her writing in the local newspaper. Now, knee-deep in ... Read more

#DVAM 2017/Does Talking About Domestic Violence Really Make a Difference?

While de-cluttering my bedroom recently, I found an old magazine that reprinted my first published article in 1993. First posted in Alaska Women Speak, later in The Radical, I wrote it about the epidemic of domestic violence.   How novel it seemed at the time to be writing about what was then considered to be a ... Read more

Pieces of Me Turns One/Looking Back and Moving Forward

Today it’s been a year since my memoir was officially launched. More than 65 events, 103 online reviews (and counting), and three awards later, what a year it has been. Thanks to your support, Pieces of Me has enjoyed national attention, and has garnered international fans as well.  None of this would be possible without ... Read more

Interview with Becca Puglisi on The Emotion Thesaurus and Writers Helping Writers

    I’m always looking for tools to help my writing. Two years ago I found Writers Helping Writers in the nick of time as I was polishing up the final draft of my memoir, Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters. Writers Helping Writers is an easy site to navigate, and offers a number of ... Read more

Interview with Becca Puglisi on The Emotional Wound Thesaurus and Writers Helping Writers

    I’m always looking for tools to help my writing. Two years ago I found Writers Helping Writers in the nick of time as I was polishing up the final draft of my memoir, Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters. Writers Helping Writers is an easy site to navigate, and offers a number of ... Read more

Other Duties as Assigned in a Writers Life

                I’ve enjoyed the slower pace of summer the past few weeks. Nearly a year post-pub, I am fortunate book event requests continue for Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters, but at a slower yet steady pace. Now I have time to do the other tasks associated ... Read more