Thank you to the IWWG

Posted on June 15, 2010 by carrenstrock

I’m thrilled to say that early this morning I completed the first draft of a mystery I started several years ago while at the IWWG conference. Who knew that a workshop using a little visualization would come to this? I saw a pregnant woman walking over a rise on a beach and suddenly The Child Taker, a mystery that takes place in Coney Island, was born.

It was at that same conference that my first book, Married Women Who Love Women came about when a workshop leader asked for possible book titles. Too lazy to think of one, I offered the title of an article I was working on at the time. Other attendees had so many questions for me that I realized a book needed to be written.

And my latest published book, A Writer’s Journey, What to Know Before, During, and After Writing a Book came about because of a workshop I started teaching for the IWWG conference. I am so looking forward to our conference at Brown this year.

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Interview Tonight!

Posted on May 28, 2010 by carrenstrock

I’m going to be interviewed tonight at 8:15 (Friday, May 28) on an Australian Radio station. The topic will be my book A Writer’s Journey: What to Know Before, During, and After Writing a Book. I was interviewed for my book Married Women Who Love Women on that station before.

If you’d like to listen to the interview live you can go to www.joy.org.au and click on “Listen Live”.

To listen to the pod cast of the show (usually posted the Wed after) go here

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We have a long way to go…

Posted on May 25, 2010 by carrenstrock

I just spoke as part of an informal panel based on my book Married Women Who Love Women. The panel consisted of  me and two women in different stages of their own journeys. I realized that what I love about speaking at events like these is that the people who come actually come to hear what you have to say.Thirty women came to this one.

Many had already bought my book and they listened to my every word. There were many who sat with tears in their eyes as I touched on issues they were just beginning to deal with. So many women said, “thank you for writing your book. It was so important to me,” or, “your book helped me so much.”

The day reminded me that even thought we, as a society, have come so far in our acceptance of gay and lesbian people,  many women are still going through a great deal of pain and we have a long way to go.

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Workshop in Cleveland, Ohio

Posted on May 20, 2010 by carrenstrock

On July 15 I’ll be giving a workshop titled like my book, “A Writer’s Journey: What to know before, during and after writing a book” for the OLOC National Gathering in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Birthdays

Posted on May 18, 2010 by carrenstrock

Insights

My grandson and I share birthdays (3 days apart) and I just got back from celebrating with him and other members of my family. On the way home, (a five hour trip) I had a chance to think about past birthdays and to contemplate the reality of growing older. It really is a catch 22. On one hand, I’ve accumulated a vast amount of knowledge and experience over the years. On the other, I’m getting too old to remember it.

Anyway, I thought I’d kept my birthday low key but I returned to a ton of happy birthday emails. Somehow my birthday popped up all over the internet. I was surprised at how very pleasantly surprised I was to receive these notes.

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Radio interview!

Posted on May 16, 2010 by carrenstrock

On Friday, May 28 at 8:15PM I’ll be talking with Mez from the radio station Joy 94.9FM in Melbourne Australia about my latest book, A Writer’s Journey: What to Know Before, During, and After Writing a Book.

To listen to the interview live you can go to http://www.joy.org.au and click on “Listen Live”. To listen to the pod cast of the show (usually posted the Wed after) go to: www.cpod.org.au

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