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Madeline Sharples
Memoir and Poetry Writer, Debut Novel Writer, Novel and Nonfiction Fan

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PUBLISHED: May.08.2011

Leaving the Hall Light On: A Mother's Memoir of Living with Her Son's Bipolar Disorder and Surviving His Suicide

Leaving the Hall Light On is about living after loss. It's about finding peace and balance and various ways the author, Madeline Sharples, finds to bring herself together after feeling so helpless and out of control during her son Paul's 7-year struggle with bipolar disease and after his suicide in September 1999. Sharples explains: "I write about the steps I took in living...

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PUBLISHED: Jan.01.2008

The Emerging Goddess

The Emerging Goddess, a book in photography and poems, expresses the themes: the joy of life and the awakening of the soul, the untapped potential of women, the power of women, and the untapped awareness of women to their power. Please buy at The Emerging Goddess rather than at Amazon. Thanks!

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Madeline's Latest Blogs

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Apr.25.2012 - 11:56 am

Book Festival Lessons Learned

I spent most of last weekend at the LA Times Festival of Books held at the University of Southern California campus, hanging and pitching at the Greater Los Angeles Writers...

Mar.18.2012 - 2:53 pm

Forever Amber - My First Introduction to Romance in Literature

I was about eleven or twelve years old when I decided I was through with my children’s books and began to borrow the books from my parents’ shelves. Early on I was interested in...

Mar.12.2012 - 11:40 am

Social Networking: Is it Worth the Time?

Social Network Update I’ve now joined BranchOut and Pinterest – as if I needed more social network connections than I already have, e.g., Facebook, ...

Mar.01.2012 - 12:08 pm

Jessica Barksdale Inclan - My Red Room Hero

True confessions. I haven’t read any of Jessica Barksdale Inclan’s romance novels although I’m sure they are wonderful. Instead, I got to know Jessica first when we both attended...

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May.06.2012 - 12:53 pm

In response to: A Book's Birth, Death, and Hopeful Resurrection

Thank you for this post.

I am also an ex Lucky Press author feeling so much like Cynthia right now. I love her expression Winter in Spring. I...

May.02.2012 - 10:51 am

In response to: Forever Amber - My First Introduction to Romance in Literature

Thanks

Hi, Elisabeth, Thanks so much for sharing this with me. I think Forever Amber was an under-the-covers kind of book....

Mar.14.2012 - 2:54 pm

In response to: Recognizing Red Room Heroes

My Red Room Hero blog

I'm thrilled that my post stood out this week. I never hesitated about writing about Jessica as my hero when I first...

Mar.11.2012 - 2:47 pm

In response to: Jessica Barksdale Inclan - My Red Room Hero

You're Welcome

I appreciate being one of your heroes too. I think we can always find ways to learn from each other. All best, M.

Jan.02.2012 - 11:48 am

In response to: My Favorite Holiday Ingredient

Thank you, Eva

Thanks so much Eva, for reading my piece. I very much appreciate it. I wish you all the best in the new year. Madeline

Writing

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Article: Review of String Bridge by Jessica Bell

Article: Review of White Elephants

Poem: Remembering Paul (12-31-1971 to 09-23-1999)

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Video: Book Trailer for Leaving the Hall Light On

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@aallemanwrites Thanks for the RT, Arleen. As always, you are so generous. — 2 hours 9 min ago

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Here's a wonderful card from my daughter-in-law Marissa Hall Sharples. I love her so much.
Thank you all for the wonderful birthday. In the next few days I'll respond to each of you personally. In the meantime please know that I very much appreciate your birthday greetings. I'm feeling very loved today. xoxo to all.

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You are a remarkable woman with a remarkable book and it SHOULD be read!”

—Jessica Bell, author of String Bridge

About Madeline

I have worked most of my professional life as a technical writer and editor, grant writer, and now as a proposal manager, managing the proposal development process and turning engineering "writing" into readable prose. I co-authored a book about women...

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