Greetings, friends,

I’m happy to tell you that I have a new book out as of March 5, 2024, Here’s The Story. . . Nine Women Write Their Lives, edited by Andrea Simon and published by Bedazzled Ink. The book evolved from a writing class taught by Andrea at Story Circle Network, https://www.storycircle.org. In this class, I joined old friends and made new friends, all fabulous writers and people. If you identify as female and are aspiring to write and publish, check out the Story Circle Network. The other authors represented in our anthology are Amy Baruch, Stephanie Cowell, Linda Aronovsky Cox, Karen Finch, Jane Mylum Gardner, Rhonda Hunt-Del Bene, Kathleen M. Rodgers, and Andrea Simon. My three essays in the collection are as follows: 

—“Book Parties a La Audrey Kirkpatrick” tells how my late mother indulged me by inviting nearly the whole town of Stony Brook, Long Island to dinner when I had a book published. 

—“Dad’s Last Blessing” is about my late father, Dale Kirkpatrick’s passing in 2005, the very same weekend my brother, Sid, and sister-in-law, Nancy married.

—“I Mak Siccar (I Make Sure) about my infamous ancestor Roger Kirkpatrick and the fun (if gory) traditions of our Kirkpatrick family reunion.

You can order Here’s The Story. . . from Bedazzled Ink:

https://www.bedazzledink.com/heres-the-story.html

You can order Here’s The Story. . . from Amazon 

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We have an online book reading coming up on Sunday, April 7  (noon West Coast time, 2 p.m. Central time, and 3 p.m. East Coast time) and for those of you in Austin, Texas, you can attend the event in person. To join us, register at  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bookwoman-presents-heres-the-story-book-launch-hybrid-tickets-821755471737?aff=oddtdtcreator .

Hope to see you there!