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The Kirkus Review Is In
Robin, Daniel and I have been anxiously awaiting the Kirkus review of our book. It arrived a couple of days ago. It can’t be excerpted or published in any form until after I give the go ahead for Kirkus to … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the Scenes
Tagged Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Book publishing, Book writing, Depression, Disability, Life, Mental Illness, Publishing, Recovery, Spirituality, Stigma, Suicide, Writing
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Robin’s Story Continues…
We continue to work toward publishing our book. Today I got the draft “marketing copy” from CreateSpace, the company that is helping us self-publish the book. This is the description of the book that will go on Amazon, along with … Continue reading
Posted in Part Two: Deliverance
Tagged Anxiety, Avoidant Personality Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Book writing, Depression, Disability, ECT, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, OCD, Personality Disorder, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Publishing, Recovery, Stigma, Suicide, Writing
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How Did Robin Finally Heal?
As I’ve said, our long awaited (by us, at least) manuscript has been sent out to Kirkus for review. This past week I also began the process with CreateSpace to get the book self-published. One way or another we will … Continue reading
Posted in Part Two: Deliverance
Tagged Anxiety, Avoidant Personality Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Book writing, Depression, Disability, ECT, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Mixed Bipolar Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder, Personality Disorder, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Psychiatric Hospitalization, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Spirituality, Stigma, Suicide, Writing
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Be Careful What You Ask For
Somewhere around the beginning of February, we finished the final draft of our book and sent it to a number of friends, family and acquaintances for feedback. We had been working on it for two years. A large part of … Continue reading
The Blog World Is Its Own Culture
I feel compelled to write about the blog world. I cannot keep writing posts about the “behind the scenes” process of Robin and I writing our book, without commenting on our foray into the foreign territory of blogging. My experiences … Continue reading
Editing is a Crucial Part of the Process
My very smart, funny and handsome editor (aka Daniel, my oldest nephew) spent most of the day at my house yesterday. He lives two hours away, has a full-time job and is working on applying to graduate schools. But he … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the Scenes
Tagged Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Book writing, Depression, Disability, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Psychology, Psychotherapy
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“Robin, I’m No Longer Going to be Working Here.”
In 2008, when Robin first brought up the idea of writing a book about her life I had to decide whether to tell her I had the same thought. During the five years following her meltdown year, I had given … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the Scenes
Tagged Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Book writing, Disability, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Psychology, Psychotherapy
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