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So many months of writing.

So many interviews, phone calls, emails and research articles.

So long waiting between edits.

So much moving on with the rest of life, that has nothing to do with being an author.

So many people not knowing anything about this side of myself.

And finally, my book has an ISBN number.

It seems like such a simple thing - an almost unnoticed line on the third page of a stack of 167 papers. Right between verbiage about “all rights reserved” and publisher contact information — and editor and book design credits. Two long lines of numbers and dashes I’d normally find on the back cover of a book I’ve purchased on Amazon.

I never cared about them until now.

After three weeks of intense editing on my manuscript, of skilled direction by my editor — of rethinking and researching — I’m this much closer to becoming a published author. The ISBN is tangible evidence that this life-list goal will happen.

So I celebrate the ISBN.

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I’ve had an article published in North State Parent, a parenting magazine in Northern California. I think you’ll like it.

Empowering Youth - Say YES!

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Well, I didn’t fall off my chair or anything.

Alas, there’s no You Tube link for me to offer you. Apparently, no one else in my near vicinity knows any more than I do about creating such a thing. Sorry! The only link they gave us on the KARE 11 site is here.

But I did capture some photos, with a little help from my “support people” (TV station-speak for husband, and two kids.)

Our first look at the studio.
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In honor of Mother’s Day and my television debut, I’ve decided to republish my Chicken Soup for the Soul: Mothers and Daughters contribution, with photos.

(Blue Streak, Beartooth’s Pass, circa 1975)

Ten Thousand Miles in Blue Streak

As a child, raised by a single mother, my experience in the 1970’s was different from that of my friends. I was a latchkey kid with more responsibilities than other children my age. But Mom worked hard, saved every penny, and made a comfortable life for us — one that included her passion for travel.
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Celebrating Mothers and Daughters was finally released today. The anthology features my story, Ten Thousand Miles in Blue Streak. (I’ve also submitted this story for Scribbit’s Write-Away Contest.)

UPDATED TO ADD: Be sure to click over to the Blue Streak story >HERE< and read comment number 24. My mom commented there, and reminisces. So cool!
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