July was busy and
August is proving to be a crazy month

You are not imagining it… 

This newsie post is a shift from the usual weekly personal essay/blog format. With so many exciting events happening in my writing world, and because so many of you are not active on social media, I want YOU to get all the scoops, too! So, once a month, I’ll update you HERE on timely items, upcoming events, and other happenings in my writer world.

Don’t worry… I will continue to provide three fresh essays every month inspired by my adoption experience, family, community, nature, and life’s quirky moments. I love writing on these topics! Equally important to me is receiving your comments and feedback about the subject of the week. So, keep your feedback coming!

NEWS ROUNDUP

1.) The Nonfiction Author’s Association awarded Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging, the Silver Medal in Biography & Memoir. It’s the book’s first major Indie award, and as a long-time member of NFAA, I’m both thrilled and proud!

2.) In July, Twice a Daughter, achieved HUGE success on Amazon: 

#1 in Adoption (Kindle Store)

#1 in Adoption (Books)

#1 in Family & Personal Growth

3.) Twice a Daughter is now in her second print run with She Writes Press.

4.) Coming in Spring 2023… the prequel to Twice a Daughter! This coming-of-age memoir is tentatively titled, And the Angels Will Sing. You will see early excerpts here!

Thank you! THANK YOU! Thank you!

To YOU for your help in making all these outcomes possible, and
To the folks mentioned below for their interviews and hosting me on their podcasts:

I love everything about KidSave: their mission and their efforts to find forever families for kids, everywhere. Here’s my interview which ran in their July newsletter.

I talked about my adoption search experience and Twice a Daughter:

With Betsy Graziani Fasbinder at The Morning Glory Project.
Terry Oliver, host of The Courage Wolf, here.
With Kevin Barhydt, here.
With Diane Dewey, host of Dropping In/Voice America, here,
and with Diane and international bi-racial adoptee, Jacob Taylor-Mosquera here.

FOLLOW ME this month:

August 2   Suncoast Local Author Book Fair at Sarasota One Bookstore in Sarasota, FL.

August 3   nuWriter podcast hosts Annie & Stacy discuss Twice a Daughter  for listeners

August 5   nuWriter podcast hosts Annie & Stacy interview Julie about her memoir Twice a Daughter

August 10  Julie’s interview with Forward Reviews runs in their e-zine

August 11  Julie presents Session 1 Author Learning Center webinar: How To Write Memoir That Reads Like Fiction.  Register here.

August 19  Julie to discuss Twice a Daughter with Susan Conner for the Virtual Theta Network at 8:30PM ET. RSVP here.

August 12  Julie to discuss Twice a Daughter with Selma’s Book Club in Oak Brook Terrace, IL

August 26  Julie to discuss how her lifelong commitment to journaling impacted her memoir. Guest on IAJW with Lynda Monk at 6PM CDT

August 31  Julie presents Session 2 Author Learning Center webinar: How To Write Memoir That Reads Like Fiction. Register here.

DID YOU KNOW?

August is National Back to School Month and National Immunization Awareness Month. It is the month we show Respect for Parents Day, as well as recognize National Friendship Day, American Family Day, and National Sisters Day. 

AND FINALLY,

Let me know, here, if there is something else that you’d like me to consider writing about.

P.S. I am currently reading The Prozac Monologues by Willa Goodfellow. It’s a memoir written with tongue-in-cheek humor by a female minister who navigates issues with medications and a proper medical diagnosis. I’m gaining insight about depression, bi-polar disorder, and the frustrations surrounding the medications treating those mood disorders. Fascinating and revealing.

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