Yes it’s been a full year since Marj started the Blog Carnival Against Child Abuse, and from the look of this month’s carnival, hosting over on her blog, this may be the best one yet! She’s got 30 posts linked in this edition, so there’s plenty to read, and talk about. Please, take a look, and visit all the contributors.
While you’re there, be sure to thank Marj for starting the carnival, and for all the work she puts in as well!
Reading a post by Gabe Howard today, that was what I took away. I think he’s actually on to something: Stop yelling at people. Stop trying to make people feel badly for not understanding our circumstances. Stop being disrespectful, condescending, and angry toward people who don’t know what it’s like to live with mental illness….
As I was sitting in the airport yesterday, I started to notice the number of people complaining about various things about air travel, and thinking to myself that yes, there are plenty of things to complain about, but some of what was being said just really wasn’t accurate. It seems to me that there are…
Someone left a couple of comments on the site last night, anonymously, and then sent me an email using the email form anonymously as well, requesting that I remove the comments they had made, as they were embarrassed by having made them public. I agreed to honor that request, feeling that any comments made here…
Image via Wikipedia There’s some research out now suggesting that it might: The researchers found support for deeper self-disclosure from bloggers resulting in a range of better social connections. These included things such as a sense of greater social integration, which is how connected we feel to society and our own community of friends and…
In looking through my referrer logs, in among the various other search terms that people have used to find this site, I noticed that someone was searching for “side effects of child abuse”. Excuse me, but wtf? Side effects? I’m sorry, but to me side effects are something that you get when you’re trying to…
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to be part of a presentation talking about using various Social Networking sites and how to benefit from them. One of the examples I gave of how things could go badly, is if you don’t make decisions ahead of time about what you’re going to say and…
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Aaawwwww! I feel all warm and fuzzy. thanks!
Hi —
I wrote to you almost a year ago to tell you and your readers about my debut novel that raises funds to prevent child abuse. I’m a therapist in a children’s mental health program in West Virginia and work with both male and female surviors. Here’s the latest review of my novel:
“Give yourself a treat with something different next time you’re ready to read. Try Rarity from the Hollow. It is one of the most unusual novels I’ve read in a great while. Look in on a dysfunctional family, poverty, child abuse, and the thought processes of a young girl turning the corner from childhood to adolescence, then put them all together in a surreal setting that looks at our society from a distinctly different viewpoint. You’ll enjoy the ride with Lacy Dawn and friends and family, but don’t expect the ride to be without bumps and enough food for thought to last you a long time.â€
Darrell Bain — 2005 Fictionwise eBook Author of the Year
Double Eppie Award winner 2007
May 8, 2007
Fatcat Press — http://www.fatcatpress.com
Two other book reviews —
http://www.baryon-online.com/baryon103/rarho.html
http://www.missourireview.com/tmr-blog/?p=310
Author website under construction —
http://pages.suddenlink.net/roberteggleton/
Awarded one of the best 15 releases in 2006 in Howard-Johnson’s “Back to Literature” column:
http://www.myshelf.com/backtoliterature/07/bookstonoblefame07.htm
Expression of interest and upcoming review:
http://www.okalrel.org/lynda_reads/2006/11/rarity-from-hollow-by-robert-eggleton.html
Thank you for your consideration.
Robert Eggleton