by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Domestic Violence
“I don’t understand how you can do that work. It must be so depressing.” You get used to hearing that sort of comment when working in the trenches of domestic violence (DV). I used to hear it a lot 20 years ago when I was a DV...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, My Writing
It’s the end of September, and the beginning of my dream. Pieces of Me:Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters has found itself a home with some readers around the globe already. Thank you so much for that, and thank you also to those of who’ve reviewed it on Amazon or...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, My Writing
Why Now? It’s a natural question. My memoir Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters will be officially released on September 20, 2016– nearly four months after the anniversary of the event it’s based on. The twentieth anniversary. The why now question...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations, My Writing
I’m thrilled to announce that Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters was released a little early! In fact, today some of the pre-orders were filled, and I was so touched to see the Facebook posts about it. It’s equal parts exciting and terrifying. Below...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, My Writing
Next month, my memoir will be published, and just after that, I’ll have my book launch. It may not seem like much, writing 80,000 words (give or take) and getting them published, but for me, it’s been monumental. And while I went to great effort to thank people in...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Interviews
When a sixty year-old, twice-divorced woman starts to date again, she’s not pinning her hopes on an invitation to the prom. She is financially stable and professionally credentialed. She is a matriarch, a pillar of her church, a member of a choir. She has...
