One of the real pleasures of having grandchildren is watching them grow into very distinctive individuals. One minute, there is a little new born baby, looking sweet and untouched. Then, in what feels like no time at all, you suddenly have a child with a strong personality. It is quite…
As your children take that giant step of becoming parents themselves, what do you feel about how they are doing? Some grandmothers are highly impressed with the way their grandchildren are being brought up. Others are disappointed or even distressed. Making Comparisons Is Natural It is very difficult to avoid…
I am semi-retired, having worked as a researcher concerned with health issues during my working life. I wrote many books for health and social care professionals, but my real passion is writing narrative non-fiction, books using direct quotations from interviews to bring people’s views and experiences ‘alive’ on the page….
I really like Bublish. I like its concept, its style, its format and the very great help it provides. And no, no one paid me to write this. Moreover, I do have some problems, which I will come to later. Lets start with the concept. It allows a writer to…
Jeannette Gomez, of iSeniorSolutions, based in Texas, interviewed me (by email) about my book. We had the pleasure to speak with author Ann Richardson. She is the author of “Celebrating Grandmothers”, a book about the views and experiences of grandmothers, told by grandmothers. When you think of your grandma you…
It is now somewhat over one year since Celebrating Grandmothers was published, so it feels a good time to reflect on it. This blog is intended for me to write about the book and my efforts to publicise it. I have written a number of guest blogs and I might put them here,…
