When people are comfortable enough to ask me about breast reconstruction, one of the things they want to know is “What was the hardest part?” It’s a tough question to answer because there are so many hard things about it both physically and emotionally. The following eight women (who represent a variety of breast reconstruction…… Continue reading 8 Women Weigh in on the Hardest Part of Breast Reconstruction
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I Have a Literary Agent But What Does That Mean?
A couple weeks ago I excitedly posted a photo of my contract with Credo Communications (and a photo of the steak I ate in celebration.) Since then a lot of people have been asking me what having a literary agent means. BOOK WRITING Writing a book is a crazy long process. In fact, I would…… Continue reading I Have a Literary Agent But What Does That Mean?
In the Dead of Night – A Mastectomy Story by Jane DeShaw
2:36 a.m. The February night is moonless, black, as you turn your head to the left and gaze out the second-story window. The limbs and leafless branches of the huge maple tree just outside are like cold, barren, groping arms, sinister in the streetlamp’s dim glow. Lying flat on your back in bed, each arm…… Continue reading In the Dead of Night – A Mastectomy Story by Jane DeShaw
I Have a Literary Agent (I Pinched Myself and I’m Not Dreaming)
So this happened. I signed a contract with a literary agent. Not just “a” literary agent, but the exact literary agent I was hoping for. As of this week, I am officially represented by Karen Neumair at Credo Communications. And according to my contract, I am hereinafter called the AUTHOR. Oh boy. That word connected…… Continue reading I Have a Literary Agent (I Pinched Myself and I’m Not Dreaming)
Trusting God in the “I Don’t Want To’s”
When I discovered a lump in my breast on January 9, 2016 (there are some dates you don’t forget), I opened a new Word document on my computer and started typing. The title of the doc? When You Think You Might Have Cancer. By the time I stopped adding to that document months later, it…… Continue reading Trusting God in the “I Don’t Want To’s”