Posted in Adoption, Adoption Advocacy, Writing for a living on June 10, 2007| 3 Comments »
Two recent Paradise Preoccupied posts, “When crap is just crap”, and “Trash adoption, sell a book”, have been so popular that they’ve moved to one of my pro blog sites, the International Adopt Blog at Adoptionblogs.com.
Although the comments posted here stay put, you can read the posts, which have had just a tiny bit of tweeking, here and here.
Posted in Writing for a living on April 27, 2007| Leave a Comment »
I mentioned a couple of posts back an idea about working on a novel through a blog, since this format seems to be eating my life these days.
Well, I’ve started the process, so if anyone’s interested in reading a first draft version of my latest fiction, which I am doing nothing more than making up as I go along … grueling and tedious, I know, but that happens to be how a book gets written … you can find it here.
I’m not looking for an audience, but I’ve had a number of people lately voice curiosity about the process so I thought I’d share. Plus, feeling that someone might be checking for updates might motivate me to spend the time I really do so want to spend writing from my head, rather than headlines.
Posted in Adoption, Cambodia, Writing for a living on April 27, 2007| 3 Comments »
I’m going absolutely bozonkers over working on my pro blogs lately. There’s a push on to polish them up, professionalize them, and although I’m well in favor of jettisoning bloggers who have yet to shake hands with the punctuation principal, I’m none too thrilled with the perpetual refrain of “stick to topic”.
My blogs are on international and older parent adoption, and in my little mind both of those cover a range of possible subjects that could be massaged to include just about anything I find interesting. I am, after all, an older international adoptive parent, and seeing that most of my perspective takes on some flavor from this huge part of who I am, what could I write about that is not ‘on topic’?
Apparently, the company doesn’t see things this way, however, and prefers I bang a more repetitive drum. They weren’t at all impressed by my two-parter on intergalactic adoption, and have strongly suggested I don’t go THERE again. Go figure.
Because I already end up with more adoption-related news than I can use, and now will have so much more, I’m going to start posting info here. News about Cambodia will especially feature, as the regular Friday feature of an update on Cam news is no longer favored on the International site being ‘off topic’ … much of it is not specific to adoption … and I’ll be updating regularly.
If you’re coming here from CAL or GAARP or RathCare to follow Cam news updates, welcome! I’m happy to have you. If there is specific adoption-related news, I’ll link to the blog where I post it.
Posted in Writing for a living on April 26, 2007| 1 Comment »
The last post, “Dads and Daughters” was written for the pro Older Parent Blog, but then found unsuitable, as I’d already used the photo ages ago.
Am I losing it? You tell me … or someone can.
I stuck it here because it was written and I couldn’t see tossing it. Too much effort to do either.
Posted in Writing for a living on April 24, 2007| Leave a Comment »
I wrote a post for this blog today about Madonna, but ended up publishing it on my pro International Adoption Blog instead.
I have a commitment over there, and they pay me, so when I come up with 300 or more words that hang together without requiring some swearing and fit the parameter of “on topic” I’ll put it there every time. (I took out a WTF? that would have sauced it up a bit had I left it here, but it works without it.)
Of course, this leaves me with an empty rectangle on this site and a brain emptied from an output of 1,508 words today on blogs alone. Is it any wonder my fiction suffers?
I’m going to have to figure out something, though, as the couple of books I have in me are fighting to get out, percolating day and night and keeping me awake. I thought today … during my morning walk, treadmillified as it is to keep distractions to a dull roar … of starting a blog for a book. Maybe that’s what it will take to get me grinding out a couple of pages a day.
Anyone want to read a first draft in progress? Perhaps a password protected blog that will never see the light of day is a better thought.
A collection of my short stories:
I'm in this one, too ...
And I'm in here, as well ...
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Paradise Preoccupied 