Berkshire Women Write!

. . . some new members of  the Berkshire Women Write! community.  If you’d like to introduce yourself, please send me and email.  And we welcome any detailed posts anyone would like to submit on the writing, publishing, teaching, etc. process.  As always, feel free to comment!

Claudia M. Gold:

 I have been in the Berkshires for over 40 years, the last 10 as a full time resident. I have been writing for a while, but only feel safe to describe myself as a writer now that I have a publisher for my book. My primary profession is pediatrician, but when my kids turned 7 and 11, I realized that with swim practice, dance rehearsal etc. taking call was impossible(my husband is also a doctor-in fact the eye doctor of many Berkshre residents). I stopped doing primary care, limiting my practice to behavioral pediatrics, which did not require call. As an outlet for my creative energies, now that I was no longer caring for newborns in the middle of the night. I resurrected my passion for writing.

 After having a number of op eds published in the Boston Globe on the subject of children’s mental health I was encouraged to write a book. Thus began a 2 year challenging process of getting an agent and then finally a publisher. The description of my book on my website reads:
 
/My forthcoming book, to be published by Da Capo Press, integrates the most contemporary research in child development with stories from my pediatric practice to support parent’s efforts to think about their child’s mind and the meaning of their behavior, which in turn facilitates the child’s healthy emotional development at the level of structure and chemistry of the brain. /
 
If anyone is interested, I have a blog, and my most recent post offers a  preview of what the book will be like:

http://www.claudiamgoldmd.blogspot.com/.

I’m wondering if there is a writing group out there. Last year I took a course for physician writers and we formed groups and discussed our writing, which was really fun.  If there is such a group I would love to join.

Phyllis Carito:

I currently live in Claverack but have been in the Hillsdale area for over 30 years, and I’m a frequent visitor to the Bookloft. I’m an administrator at SUNY CGCC and a writer. I teach creative writing at the college. My writing is memoir, short stories, and poetry. I’m in the process of having a book of poems published by Finishing Line Press.

 It would be grand to have a group to converse with about writing! In watching the brief video [on the blog] I noted that Michelle Gillett mentioned a writers’ group for poets and I would love to know more about that.

Phyllis also has a poem forthcoming in Vermont Literary Review.

Ruth Sidranksy:

I will be in the Berkshires May 30th to late fall. I am the author of the memoir, In Silence, and I teach writing. I thought what fun it would be to be with other writers and those who want to write.

Gina Hyams:

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