Madeline Sharples | Author

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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

UPDATE: Dream of Things is releasing a paperback edition of Leaving the Hall Light On on August 6th, 2012. Leaving the Hall Light On combines memoir with an uplifting story of grief recovery, resilience, and survival. Leaving the Hall Light On charts the near-destruction of one middle-class family whose son committed suicide after a seven-year struggle with bipolar disorder....

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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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May.15.2013 - 1:15 pm

You're Invited to a Rebirthing Party

If you happen to be in the Bay Area this weekend, you are in for a treat: This Friday, May 17, authors Eleanor Vincent (Swimming with Maya) and I (Leaving the Hall...

May.07.2013 - 11:16 am

Most Despicable by Far

I give the award for “Book with the Most Despicable Characters of Any Book I’ve Ever Read” to Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. I read it because it was a book club pick. I...

Mar.25.2013 - 5:48 pm

My Private Island - A Room of My Own

Early on in my grieving process I felt that my house was my safest place, and I couldn’t wait to get back to it after being out in crowds. Other times I wanted to run away because...

Mar.11.2013 - 11:49 am

Revisiting A Little Princess

I just thumbed through my childhood copy of A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Charples Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1949) and was completely enthralled again by the...

Comments from Madeline

Mar.27.2013 - 12:45 pm

In response to: My Private Island - A Room of My Own

Thank you.

Dear Catherine, I love your words "learn to dance in the tear." So beautifully and accurately put. It's all about...

Mar.26.2013 - 11:34 am

In response to: My Private Island - A Room of My Own

My daughter-in-law is a Reiki healer too. I love my sessions with her.

Mar.26.2013 - 11:34 am

In response to: My Private Island - A Room of My Own

Thank you.

I really appreciate your comment, Rina. Thank you for reading my article. All best, Madeline

Mar.26.2013 - 11:33 am

In response to: My Private Island - A Room of My Own

Thank you.

I really appreciate your comment, Rina. Thank you for reading my article. All best, Madeline

Mar.22.2013 - 1:48 pm

In response to: Revisiting A Little Princess

Thank you

I agree. The setting was the adventure, and all the exotic things described.

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)

Audio & Video

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Video: Book Trailer for Leaving the Hall Light On

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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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