Spit-up On My Shoulder

Thank you to everyone who came to my writing presentation on April 24th at the Davis Public Library. We had a great crowd and lots of interesting discussions about magazine and book writing. I really enjoy speaking engagements like this one where I get a chance to help out new writers so they don’t make the same mistakes I did!

I feel the same way when I’m able to help a new mother navigate the ups and downs of the postpartum months. I saw a woman recently who had bought my book for a new mom friend. She was concerned because her friend seemed sad, but wasn’t talking about it. She told me, “Your book opened the flood gates! We talked and talked about what she was going through.”

I can’t even put into words how much it means to me that my book touched that new mother. I’m getting tears in my eyes just thinking about it because that’s all I ever wanted in writing the book - to help new moms.

Back to speaking engagemements. If you’d like me to speak to your group about writing and/or new mom issues, please drop me a line by leaving a comment here at the blog or pressing the Contact Melanie button under my picture at the left. I love to hear from my blog readers and, even more, getting to meet them.