Change is good

That's why I keep doing it.

I've got a new website and the software has a blogging component. So I'm leaving blogger and heading over there.

Please update your links and/or RSS feeds if you have them after you head over to http://www.karenmlynch.com.

Thanks all! Oh, and it might take an hour or two to go live -- if you see purple, it's not the latest and greatest.

Words from the Heart

That's the name of the article that appeared in yesterday's Stamford Advocate about two Fairfield County women with essays appearing in Chicken Soup for the Wine Lover's Soul.

Here's a list of things I can say about the article:

• Yes, I was one of the two local women featured in the anthology;
• Yes, that is me in the photograph they chose to run with the piece;
• Yes, that's my fabulous Ikea wine rack -- my other less functional wine rack houses more bottles but is less photogenic!

You can read the article here. Enjoy!

Another Month, Another Byline

This time in the January '08 issue of Woman's Day. It's a 'your health' short -- hopefully the first of many.

(Yes, I'm patting myself on the back with a smile!)

The FOB I wrote for SELF Magazine (Sip for a Cause) made it into the December issue as planned. Here's a copy of the .pdf I received from the folks at Dog House Wine -- thrilled to be included in this piece, of course.

Karen M. Lynch on WICC 600 AM

Today I visited the studio offices of WICC 600 AM radio -- where I was interviewed by on air personality David Smith about my inclusion in the Chicken Soup for the Wine Lover's Soul and Chicken Soup for the Shopper's Soul anthologies.

Here's a link to the audio file of the interview!

Hectic Holidays

Another piece of mine has made it into print. The current issue of Wilton Magazine features my story, Hectic Holidays: Heading Over the River or Over the Edge?

This piece was extremely fun to do; speaking with people months before the holiday season really made me appreciate the spirit of the holidays before they fell upon us. And, interviewing people about their "coping" strategies helped me formulate my own. It was a pleasure.

Happy Holidays everybody. More specifically ... have a Happy Thanksgiving, a Happy Hanukkah, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, too.

The Heroines of Breast Cancer

The article I wrote for the Oct/Nov 2007 issue of Fairfield Magazine (a regional glossy) now appears online at their website.

It's called, The Heroines of Breast Cancer. Here's the link. It's worth sharing, I think, because the message is one I'm passionate about.

Let me know what you think; better yet, let the editor know what you think, especially if you like it.

And if you are an editor ... remember me come next year when your October issue is on the frontburner!