2017-12-28 19:27
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2017-11-03 18:30
I recently started writing for Conscious Talk magazine.
I’ve also decided to take part in NaNoWriMo.
I’m pretty busy, as you can imagine. But combining these two items… Read More
2017-09-06 13:05
Welcome to Words on Wednesday, a link up for writers on the first Wednesday of each month.
For each link up, I post an optional topic, but you can write about whatever you lik… Read More
2017-08-02 20:10
Welcome to Words on Wednesday, a link-up for writers on the first Wednesday of each month.
Each month I post an optional topic, but you can write about whatever you like as lo… Read More
2017-07-09 21:34
Dear Birth Father,
You often get the shaft because I don’t talk about you often, especially compared to their birth mother.
I wonder, does that bother you?
I’m sorry – I d… Read More
2017-07-05 02:42
Welcome to the second Words on Wednesday, a linkup the first Wednesday of each month.
Each month I will post an optional topic, but you can write about whatever you like as long as it pertai… Read More
2017-07-03 02:29
I wanted to be the homemade chocolate chip cookie mom. Before the children were placed with us I practiced. I tried all different recipes. I used different ingredients. Organic flour, cake… Read More
2017-06-28 14:19
My daughters are in camp this week so I’ve been busting my butt to edit my memoir. My brain is fried and I’m convinced my eyeballs are going to fall out any minute.
Editing sucks… Read More
2017-06-25 18:36
The other day, I read and participated in a Twitter conversation about adoption trauma.
Here’s the background of the conversation:
A person retweeted a blog post from the Twi… Read More
2017-06-14 02:07
Welcome to the first Words on Wednesday!
Each month* I will post an optional topic, but you can write about whatever you like as long as it is about writing in some way. This inclu… Read More
2017-06-11 17:42
One of May’s topics from Erin Bohn’s Adoption Talk Link-up was Why did you choose adoption? I went with her other topic, What’s the Best Advice You… Read More
2017-06-07 17:04
Writers are an odd bunch hovering between the lines of creativity and madness. I’ve found through the 4+ years I’ve been writing my memoir that a supportive writing communit… Read More
2017-05-30 17:15
The journey to adopting my daughters could be summed up in with one sentence:
In his heart a man plans his course but the LORD determines his steps.(Proverbs 16:9)
When Andrew and I began th… Read More
2017-05-21 16:40
The following is a post from my other blog, which has since been taken down. I thought it worthwhile to share as we approaching the one-year mark since this occurred:
Today is the month of… Read More
2017-05-13 17:27
Dear Birthmother,
I think of you every Mother’s Day.
I’ve always wanted to give you a card expressing my love for you. Unfortunately, no such card exists. So I decided to wr… Read More
2017-05-04 14:21
Today is Erin Bohn’s monthly Adoption Talk Linkup.
If you have something to say about adoption or need some support, click on the link above or the badge in my sidebar. This is a… Read More
2017-04-15 03:22
Dear Adoptee,
This is my second installment to clarify the things I wrote in my prior post, Adoption Pet Peeves. The last point in my original post was also upsetting to a number of you… Read More
2017-04-06 17:20
I’m participating in Erin Bohn’s Adoption Talk Link-Up for today’s blog post.
The topic is Embarrassing Adoption Moments.
The one that comes to mind involves my older… Read More
2017-02-19 05:16
There is a list of people in town who are waiting for you to fail. There are people who are waiting to say, “I told you so. You had it coming. That’s what you get. You deserve t… Read More
2017-02-16 14:03
Dear Adoptee,
I upset you a while back when I wrote a blog post titled, Adoption Pet Peeves. Believe me when I say that was not my intention. My hope is the edited blog posts will clar… Read More
2017-02-15 21:48
The 2017 Book a Break Short Story Competition. First prize: A long weekend for two (4 night stay) in Provence (see below for details). 2 runners-up will receive a signed copy of One Gre… Read More
2017-01-02 01:52
Happy New Year!
I have many New Year’s resolutions, one of which is to utilize writing prompts more often.
I’ve been saving writing prompts on my Pinterest page fo… Read More
2016-11-28 20:27
Below is a poetic form called Golden Shovel. I’ve experimented with this form before and really like it.
The following is a poem I wrote for my mother. She loves the poem,&n&hell…Read More
2016-10-12 18:42
I’ve been wanting to post here every Wednesday and on Born in My Heart every other Thursday.
Obviously, that hasn’t been happening.
My inner perfectionist is standing in the wa… Read More
2016-10-05 16:21
Platform – Platform – Platform
Love it or hate it, it’s a necessity for publishing in the 21st Century, whether you go the traditional route or the self-publishing route.
A… Read More
2016-10-02 18:07
I’ve been noticing everyday things that have in turn created stories in my mind.
And, aside from my memoir, I’ve been thinking about how real life influences writing… Read More
2016-09-25 19:44
Let’s try a writing prompt today. Please share the link to your story below, in the comment section.
Happy writing! Read More
2016-09-18 19:54
I’m trying another poem from Robert Lee Brewer’s Poetic Asides column in Writer’s Digest magazine.
POETIC FORM: GOLDEN SHOVEL
The Golden Shovel is a contemporary… Read More
2016-09-14 16:00
I’ve recently begun working on my memoir proposal. I’ve found the marketing section to be most confusing. Carly Watters does an excellent job explaining what a market is and isn… Read More
2016-09-11 23:12
The morning of my twenty-sixth birthday began with a phone call from my boyfriend. It would change my birthday forever.
“Lynn, have you been watching the news?”
I don’t w… Read More
2016-09-07 08:21
This Friday, September 9, I’m attending the Sacramento Writing Workshop!
In February of 2015, I attended a four-day writer’s conference in San Francisco.
At February’s con… Read More
2016-08-31 16:35
The following is a poem form referenced in the September 2016 Writer’s Digest Poetic Asides column by Robert Lee Brewer:
POETIC FORM: TRICUBE
The tricube is a… Read More
2016-08-13 20:04
My head has been spinning in circles the last couple of weeks – it’s been crazy busy!
Summer break is winding to a close ((happy dance)) and I’m working to get last-m… Read More
2016-07-25 17:42
I’ve been editing my memoir on Scribophile but not doing much in the way of actual writing.
I’m going to change that.
I’m going to try dabbling in writing prompts… Read More
2016-07-20 17:39
I never thought of myself as an artist.
I always wished I could draw, paint, sketch, etc. but I’ve never moved beyond stick figures and paint-by-number.
But then I read this:
And the… Read More
2016-07-13 17:04
Writers are an odd brew.
I think our brains are wired different than the average person.
This is certainly true for me.
Driving my kids home from school one afternoon, I saw two identical S… Read More
2016-07-06 22:23
I love quotes. Heck, I love words. After all, I am a writer.
The following quote resonates with me because I’m also a planner. I need to remember this E.M. Forester’s adv… Read More
2016-07-02 18:23
Writers can be lonely people, holed up in a room, sitting in front of a computer, lost in their own little world of words begging to be transferred onto on a screen.
I would venture to… Read More
2016-06-21 23:17
How about a writing prompt?
Write one sentence inspired by this picture and/or quote.
The illusion of being refined dissolved while she drank the fourth glass of Riesling during Thanksg… Read More
2016-06-06 03:03
I wrote the following blog post a couple of days ago:
I’m sitting at the baseball park where Eli has practice and the girls are playing.
Well, Payton is playing. Paige is sitting next… Read More
2016-06-06 03:03
I wrote the following blog post a couple of days ago:
I’m sitting at the baseball park where Eli has practice and the girls are playing.
Well, Payton is playing. Paige is sitting next… Read More
2016-05-12 17:19
This writing prompt is courtesy of Promptuarium, a WordPress blog that shares writing prompts to get the creative juices flowing.
THE FISH
Absently, she turned the hard, cold… Read More
2016-05-05 23:50
When I posted Writing in the 21st Century last week, a friend and fellow writer commented that she was excited to hear I’d started my query letter.
Which made me ask myself&n&hell…Read More
2016-05-05 23:50
When I posted Writing in the 21st Century last week, a friend and fellow writer commented that she was excited to hear I’d started my query letter.
Which made me ask myself&n&hell…Read More
2016-04-28 18:29
I was getting ready for my book club yesterday when I had a brilliant idea to put in a query letter for my memoir. I grabbed my cell phone and dictated my thoughts, taking up less than… Read More
2016-04-24 03:08
NOTE: I’m changing my blogs again. I am moving all my adoption-related material to Born in My Heart. This includes continuing to blog my story, Adoption Talk linkups, ad… Read More
2016-04-07 16:50
This weekend I am going to see the musical, Wicked, which is the musical about the friendship between Glinda and the Wicked Witch of the West, whom the author of the novel named El… Read More
2016-03-24 17:02
This is a poem I wrote in high school for a person who helped me through some difficult times. My Little Blue Pill is a prior blog post that explains my struggles, which started in… Read More
2016-03-17 16:28
Erin Bohn’s Adoption Talk linkup is today. The topic is A Day in the Life… If you’d like to participate or simply read great posts about adoption… Read More
2016-03-10 16:22
Each month Writer’s Digest hosts a writing contest called, Your Story. The contest comes with a visual prompt and writing guidelines. The prompt based on the p… Read More
2016-03-03 19:47
This is the final post in a series about health and identity. Click here to start from the beginning.
Today is Erin Bohn’s Adoption Talk Linkup, and the topic of adoptio… Read More
2016-02-29 18:09
Click here to start at the beginning of the essay.
In high school I hang out with a rough crowd. They accept me and I love them for it. They don’t hide their angst and identity in… Read More
2016-02-26 18:35
This is part two of an essay I wrote a year ago. The first part can be found here.
A routine checkup the summer before I turn 10 reveals that my heart is beating at 40-45 beats per minu… Read More
2016-02-25 18:18
The following is an essay I entered in a writing contest. The theme was health care and how it impacts identity. My entry is almost 2000 words so I am dividing it up into a few posts.&n&hell…Read More
2016-02-18 18:51
I wrote a blog post, saved it, left the page to do something else, and when I returned to proofread it was gone.
Today’s topic for Adoption Talk Linkup is Self Care. If you would like… Read More
2016-02-15 17:30
Source: Professional Play Read More
2016-01-30 23:53
Please pop over to Born in My Heart where I am blogging my memoir.
I just finished Chapter 20 – Dissolving Parental Rights. It’s one of those stranger than fiction/thi… Read More
2016-01-28 18:41
This post reveals my imperfections as a parent. No parents are perfect, I know; however, more often than I like, I think, there’s another dollar for the therapy jar! In this case, I be… Read More
2016-01-21 16:41
It’s the third Thursday of the month, which means it’s Erin Bohn’s Adoption Talk linkup.The theme for this week is memories.
Blogging my memoir at Born in My Hear… Read More
2016-01-14 18:05
As many of you know, I’ve been blogging here and posting my memoir at Born in My Heart.
I am feeling frustrated with the lack of interactions, especially on my memoir blog.
Unders… Read More
2016-01-07 18:14
I’m linking up with Erin Bohn’s Adoption Talk today. To learn more about the linkup, read more great blogs, and share your own great blog, click the Adoption Talk badge in t… Read More
2016-01-01 04:03
With 2015 coming to a close, my hope is that 2016 will bring as many blessings.
One of the most meaningful events was reconnecting with my daughters’ biological mother, Ruthi… Read More
2015-12-17 20:32
Today I am linking up with Erin Bohn’s Adoption Talk writing prompt. Click here or on the Adoption Talk badge in my sidebar to check it out.
Today’s topic is Holiday Tr… Read More
2015-12-10 18:33
I don’t typically post controversial subjects on my blog, Twitter, Facebook, or any other online site I frequent.
But today I am.
1 John 4:18 says that perfect love drives out fea… Read More
2015-12-03 18:03
Today I’m participating in Erin Bohn’s bimonthly Adoption Talk linkup. If you would like to link up, click the badge on the side of my homepage or click here.
The topic for… Read More
2015-11-19 17:18
Today I am taking a break from posting my memoir at Born in My Heart to participate in Erin Bohn’s Adoption Talk linkup. If you have something to contribute or would like to read… Read More
2015-11-12 20:02
I have created a second blog dedicated solely to posting my memoir. I will post a few pages of my story each day except Thursday. On Thursdays I will post here, on Written Reflecti… Read More
2015-11-05 19:52
In mid August, a couple of days after my younger daughter’s seventh birthday, I reached out to my girls’ biological mother, Ruthie.
Me: I’ve been thinking about you the las… Read More
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