http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/KarenMcQ/ Follow me. I know the way out of here. en-us 2008-03-01T15:35:30+00:00 Publishers Marketplace Karen McQuestion hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00:00+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/images/PM_rssimg.gif http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/ http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/KarenMcQ/index.html#20080202072400 I was on the Lake Effect show on my local NPR affiliate, but missed hearing it because I wasn't home. Funny to think of my voice coming out of people's radios while I was off doing something else. I'd recorded this particular piece, an essay about adoption, last spring. The producers of the show held off airing it because they wanted to pair it with the story of a local couple who are adopting a baby from Ethiopia. Just for the record, Greg and I were doing the international adoption long ... Karen McQuestion 2008-02-02T14:24:00+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/KarenMcQ/index.html#20080123181735 Just this afternoon I emailed the revised version of my YA novel manuscript to my agent. I thought I'd whip through the suggested changes over the weekend, easy peasy, but it was far more time consuming than I'd anticipated. I spent most of the weekend at the computer, than went over the hard copy and reread it, made notations on the pages, and back to the computer I went. This back and forth went on for days. I really feel now for people who sit at computer monitors all day, every day. My ... Karen McQuestion 2008-01-24T01:17:35+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/KarenMcQ/index.html#20071224062218 In honor of the holiday season, a rerun! Below is an essay I had published in the Chicago Tribune a few years ago. Or maybe it was the Christian Science Monitor. Hmm... I really should know this. I'd say that my record keeping was poor, if I kept any kind of records at all. In any event, it's okay for me to post this on my blog. The rights would have reverted back to me by now. I'm almost certain of it. (Now that I've reread this piece, it sounds a little mean-spirited. That was not my ... Karen McQuestion 2007-12-24T13:22:18+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/KarenMcQ/index.html#20071021144043 I've always felt that some childless folk see the parenting world as a rather limiting one. And in a way, that's true. Traveling, going to cultural events, hobbies -- all of it takes time, money and energy, three things that kids suck right out of you. But I also believe that my three kids have enhanced my life in a way that's not always quantifiable. As they make their way toward adulthood, I get to experience what they're going through vicariously and let me tell you, there's a lot of ... Karen McQuestion 2007-10-21T20:40:43+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/KarenMcQ/index.html#20070930195552 Life is good -- another one of my commentaries aired on the local NPR radio station. A friend who heard it commented that I read it well. Ha! -- as if. It was only 500 words and they were my words, but still I stumbled and stammered. Luckily, Mitch Teich, the producer, is a very kind and patient man. Whenever I flubbed, he calmly said, "Take two," (even when it was actually takes three, four and five) and gave me a chance to do it over again. Radio magic. They sew it all together to make ... Karen McQuestion 2007-10-01T01:55:52+00:00