Posted in aging, amazon, books, bookstores, caregiver, caregiver stress, caregiving, eldercare, emotional, family, geriatrics, healthcare, inspirational, internet, interview, marketing, mothering, mothers, women, writing on October 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Thanks to Debbie Campbell, the owner of indie Book & Cranny, the good folks who live in the town of Statesboro, Georgia will spend two days thinking about caregiving. As an author, I have had the privilege of meeting many great bookstore owners, but Debbie read my book and felt compelled to bring me and [...]
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Posted in CNN, aging, amazon, books, bookstores, caregiver, caregiving, daughters, family, health, inspirational, interview, media, mothering, mothers, publishing, relationships, spiritual, television, turner broadcasting, women, writing on October 27, 2007 | No Comments »
Thursday, October 11th, I had the honor to be on CNN.com–which is a video interview that’s played on their website and broadcast all over the world.
CNN.com LINK http://www.cnn.com/video//video/showbiz/2007/10/11/odell.interview.cnn
Yikes. I thought I’d be scared and jittery, but honestly, I wasn’t. That’s where all the local and regional interviews I’ve done in cities such as Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on October 13, 2007 | No Comments »
Thursday, October 11th, I had the honor to be on CNN.com–which is a video interview that’s played on their website and broadcast all over the world.
CNN.com LINK http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2007/10/11/odell.interview.cnn
Yikes. I thought I’d be scared and jittery, but honestly, I wasn’t. That’s where all the local and regional interviews I’ve done in cities such as Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on October 12, 2007 | No Comments »
Yesterday, I spoke at Embracing Hospice in Snellville, Georgia. I spoke with professional hospice caregivers.
Tough room. They’ve seen it all. They’re the front line military– death is not the enemy here. Not necessarily. Death for many hospice patients is expected, if not longed for or at least considered a bittersweet relief. Cancer, Alzheimer’s, MS, PD, [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Alzheimer's, amazon, books, bookstores, boomers, caregivers, caregiving, daughters, illness, memoirs, mental illnes, mothers, parkinson's, sandwich generation, women on October 6, 2007 | No Comments »
Do over 100 booksignings/events in less than six months and you start to notice who’s buying your book.
Who Buys/Who Needs Mothering Mother?
Majority: Women (guys do too, but more need to since 44% of all caregivers are males)
Age: 40-65 typically (the “average’ caregiver is 47 years old and will caregiver for 4.5 years)
Ethnicity: Mixed–caregiving is common, [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Alzheimer's, books, boomers, caregives, caregiving, elder care, family, help, illness, inspiration, memoir, parkinson's, sandwich generation, spirituality, stress, writing on October 5, 2007 | No Comments »
I heard a great analogy today that pertains to everyone, but especially caregivers. Boomers and sandwich generation-ers need to hear it too.
We never have to offer our good health to someone else (who is sick) because there’s not enough good health to go around. We don’t have to give that up. I can be well, [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged amazon, authors, bookstores, caregivers, festivals, florida, memoir, presentations, speaking, stories, story, writer's block, writing on October 3, 2007 | No Comments »
It’s as easy as you think. I mean it.
Why do you want to? Really, why? That’s the first thing you have to write.
If you can’t write at least five pages about why you want, need, and believe that you must write (and publish) your memoir, then why bother going on?
Sounds like I’m playing tough. I am. Memoir writing [...]
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