Susan McCorkindale : Author & Copy Writer

Taking My Lumps

Susan — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:00:09 +0000

It’s always something here in the sticks! For the latest, check out “Taking My Lumps” on the Huffington Post. Thanks!

Join me for LFCC’s Going Green Day!

Susan — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:26:15 +0000

Looking for fun for the whole family?

Join me at Lord Fairfax Community College’s Going Green Day, Saturday, April 21st, at the Warrenton campus. Free pizza PLUS face painting, kites, music, and more! Hope to see you there!

For your reading pleasure…

Susan — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:15:19 +0000

My latest piece, entitled “Today Is Not My Day. And Tomorrow Isn’t Looking Good, Either,” is up on the Huffington Post. I hope you’ll take a moment to read it and leave a comment on the site itself. Thanks!

Wild horses (and a couple escaped cows) couldn’t drag us away

Susan — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:51:16 +0000

I love my little community. I think ninety percent of the people here showed up for my husband’s memorial service last spring, and not one of them has forgotten that next month marks the one-year anniversary of his death. I guess I’m thinking about this today because last night was the first flag football practice of the season, and I got to see my crew — the moms whose kids play football and flag football with my younger son, Cuyler. We sat on the sidelines, watching and raving about each others’ boys…

Where’d Bryan’s baby fat go?
Look at the size of James’s feet!
My God, Michael is even more handsome. Has Joy put bars on his bedroom windows yet?

And of course they asked me the same questions they’ve asked since Stu died…

How are you?
How are the boys?
You think you’ll stay?

Almost twelve months into our “new normal,” with the fatigue and its lovely partners panic, anxiety, and sleeplessness, finally starting to lift, I can honestly say…

I’m good.
My boys are getting better.
And you bet we are.

We’ve suffered a catastrophic loss. There’s no way we’re leaving all this love.

And now a plug for the Oxford comma.

Susan — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:49:01 +0000

Realtors will tell you location is everything. Martha Stewart will tell you presentation is everything. But honestly, people? It’s punctuation that’s everything!

Stirring up trouble. Just one of my many talents.

Susan — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:11:47 +0000

My new piece on the Huffington Post, “The Morning I Removed the Rings,” is raising a bit of a ruckus. As I write this there are just about 117 comments and I’d love yours. Feel free to leave it here or on the Huffington Post site. Thanks!

Super Tuesday “Bump” Day!

Susan — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:46:44 +0000

Please hit Amazon Tuesday, March 6th, for your copy of Mothers of Intention!

Here’s what the critics are saying…..

“A brilliant fist-pumping, ‘hell-yeah!’ great read. Bipartisan proof … of the power & validity of women in the political arena through their savvy use of social media.” –Lara DiPaola, Examiner.com & author, Chicken Nuggets of Wisdom blog

“One of the most important political books of 2012!” — Jason Williams, Host of For The People Show, KVNU Radio, Provo, Utah

“A real awakening about women online!” — Maggie Linton, co-host, Cover to Cover show, XM/Sirius Radio

” …[P]ositive and energizing, no matter whether you’re a C-SPAN junkie or barely get a second to skim the headlines over coffee. [Mothers of Intention] is a great reminder that while mothers differ on specific issues, our common concern for our kids’ futures unites us.”– Cool Mom Picks, coolmompicks.com

“Encouraging mothers to step up & enter the political fray, whether through public policy process or espousing political opinions in blogs or columns, Bamberger calls upon mothers to muster their courage, harness their intellectual prowess & change the political conversation.” Meredith O’Brien, columnist, MommyTrackd.com

I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Joanne Bamberger and she, and her insightful, thought-provoking, book are one of a kind. Please check out her Facebook page and give Mothers of Intention a try on Super Tuesday, March 6th! Thanks!

Love ya, Susan

Thought for a sunny Saturday

Susan — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 22:25:12 +0000

You’re only as strong as the tables you dance on,
the drinks you mix,
and the friends you roll with.

Cover Cow Off to Betty Ford. News at Eleven.

Susan — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:57:17 +0000

Bessie, if we lose power again today I’ll be right behind ya. Honestly, I don’t know how people lived without electricity. Maybe they went to bed early. Or drank too much and tipped cows. (Not a threat, Bess, I swear!) All I know is that I’m thankful I can use my flat iron (and flush the toilet). Happy Friday, folks. Have a wonderful weekend!

Susan
PS Your thoughts and prayers are working. My friend’s pancreatic cancer? May just be operable after all!!!

To paraphrase Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy… “I’m talkin’ here!”*

Susan — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:27:19 +0000

And I hope you’ll join me for one of the following keynote presentations I’m honored to be giving:

March 14th, 9:30am. Warrenton Newcomers Club. St. John’s Church/Mercy Hall, Warrenton, VA. For information, please contact Kathi Eanes at kseanes@msn.com

April 25th, Lord Fairfax Community College, Middletown Campus. Administrative Professionals Day. Topic: “5 Dos and a Do-over. How to Laugh, Love, Listen, Leap, and Let Go — Sooner.” For details and registration, please click here.

*Of course he said “I’m walkin’ here!” but you knew that, right? Right?!