Local Man Does Good

November 14, 2008

So i’ve been profiled in a local paper here in La Jolla–La Jolla Light (sounds like a cooking show or a diet plan, right?). But it’s actually a really nifty little paper.

The reason they decided to write about me is that I have an essay just out in a new (World Famous) Chicken Soup for the Soul book. This book is called Divorce and Recovery: 101 Stories about Surviving and Thriving after Divorce.  No, I haven’t been divorced, but my mother divorced my father, and I wrote an essay about it a few years ago. I don’t remember how I found the call for submissions for this; maybe It was online? I’m not sure. But I submitted the essay on the Chicken Soup website which is very comprehensive and easy. The next thing I know they wanted it for their upcoming anthology.

The Chicken Soup for the Soul folks are always looking for essays for upcoming books, they pay, and they are some of the most organized, friendly editors i’ve ever worked with. It was a pleasant experience and one of the easiest, quickest turnovers for a publication i’ve ever had.

I was surprised, though, when I got an email from the CSS publicist saying there was a La Jolla Newspaper that wanted to profile me for the piece. After a couple more emails I finally spoke to the reporter, Maria Connor, also a very nice, very smart person. I think i’m a bad phone interview, though; I kept saying ‘umm.’

Anyway, she put together a good, concise write-up, and included the sweet picture of me and my mother at the beach, circa 1970.

As well as this very airbrushed picture of me from a few years ago.

To read the online version of the article click here. It tells you a little bit more about the essay I wrote.