Heidi D. posted an article on Light-skinned-ed Girl - Nov 17, 2009, 9:31 am
I am about two inches taller as I float on the high of last night! I met Barbara Kingsolver when she was in town promoting her new book, The Lacuna (with a biracial protagonist btw). It was wonderfu...
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Heidi D. posted an article on Light-skinned-ed Girl - Nov 12, 2009, 1:04 am
It's been a busy, exhilirating, frustrating, and exhausting trip.  I've barely had any time to process all of the experiences and no time at all to blog.  But I wanted to share a few photos ...
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Heidi D. posted an article on Light-skinned-ed Girl - Nov 8, 2009, 1:12 am
Hello from way over here!  It took a full 40 hours to get here with some very long lay-overs including one overnight at the Cairo airport but it was well worth it.  We're now in Sharm El Sheik -...
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Heidi D. posted an article on Light-skinned-ed Girl - Oct 28, 2009, 8:52 pm
Oh really?  Look, I don't watch reality TV--well, except that I do -- in fits and starts -- whenever I get control of the remote and find myself alone -- that is to say I have seen episodes of (b...
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Heidi D. posted an article on Light-skinned-ed Girl - Oct 27, 2009, 7:20 am
I was delighted to receive a copy of No Difference Between Them: The Black & White Portraits--a stunning photo book of interracial couples by Robert Kalman.  I was honored to write the book's int...
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Heidi D. posted an article on Light-skinned-ed Girl - Oct 26, 2009, 2:19 pm
Okay, these guys now how to throw a party!  I had a great time at the Author Feast on Saturday night with Southern California Independent Booksellers Association (SCIBA).  It was a meet-and-greet as...
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Heidi D. posted an article on Light-skinned-ed Girl - Oct 23, 2009, 4:38 pm
I suddenly seem to have the same relationship to blogging as I do to exercising: once I get out of the habit, it's hard to start up again.  How did I manage to post every day in 2008?  But h...
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Heidi D. posted an article on Light-skinned-ed Girl - Oct 16, 2009, 6:17 pm
I should say upfront that my forthcoming novel, The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, is NOT about me.  Sure, the protagonist is a half-Danish, half-African-American girl who has blue eyes (like me).  Su...
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Heidi D. posted an article on Light-skinned-ed Girl - Oct 8, 2009, 7:15 pm
I loved learning about the story of Michelle Obama's great-great grandfather, Dolphus Shields, a "mulatto" born two years before Emancipation. Across the blogosphere, the story has met with a yaw...
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Heidi D. posted an article on Light-skinned-ed Girl - Sep 28, 2009, 3:22 pm
I was 11 the first time I heard the term "light-skinned-ed."  (And yes, the kids said it with the extra "ed.") My family had just moved and we were living in a mostly black community for the first t...
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Heidi D. posted an article on Light-skinned-ed Girl - Sep 25, 2009, 3:08 pm
Please read my friend Hank's touching post about Jalen, a young boy suddenly fighting brain cancer four years after his younger sister died from it.  Please help any way you can.
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Heidi D. posted an article on Light-skinned-ed Girl - Sep 22, 2009, 11:35 am
My book, The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, debuts in February but the book tour is taking shape now.  Below are the dates scheduled so far.  To get the latest, visit my website. I'd love to visit...
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Heidi D. posted an article on Light-skinned-ed Girl - Sep 21, 2009, 8:56 am
I learned this weekend that a healthy, 20-something, avid reader of this blog passed away earlier this year.  A relative, coping with the loss, and the stunning development that authorities now belie...
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Heidi D. posted an article on Light-skinned-ed Girl - Sep 17, 2009, 6:44 am
Welcome to my blog, Light-Skinned-ed Girl, a mixed chick's mixed thoughts on a mixed-up world. Since 2006, I've been writing about the vagaries of race, biracial identity, and the Mixed expe...
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Heidi D. posted an article on Light-skinned-ed Girl - Sep 13, 2009, 8:36 pm
I did my first book appearance yesterday. I was invited to appear as one of about 20 writers at the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association's annual Author Feast.   It was a kind of speed-dat...
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Heidi D. posted an article on Light-skinned-ed Girl - Sep 7, 2009, 6:35 pm
"Everybody is original, if they tell the truth, if they speak from their true self.  But it must be from their true self and not from the self they think they should be.  So remember these two thing...
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Heidi D. posted an article on Light-skinned-ed Girl - Aug 20, 2009, 1:21 pm
This is a true story: I almost chose not to submit The Girl Who Fell From the Sky for the Bellwether Prize.  I was grumpy the day it was due.  Dispirited.  I didn't have enough printer ink and ...
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Heidi D. posted an article on Light-skinned-ed Girl - Aug 19, 2009, 8:45 am
I've been here for a week and I'm exhausted--but in the best way.  The time's flown by with excellent readings (btw: if you have not experienced a reading by writer Luis Urrea then you ha...
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Heidi D. posted an article on Light-skinned-ed Girl - Aug 6, 2009, 10:49 am
At the last barbecue we had, my dear neighbor mentioned that he had a letterpress in his garage.  When his son was in high school some 30+ years ago, he had a letterpress business printing business c...
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Heidi D. posted an article on Light-skinned-ed Girl - Aug 4, 2009, 5:51 pm
In my hot little hands I can now hold an advance copy of my book!  It's so incredibly exciting.  The front cover, the back cover, and the spine--all put together in such an appealing package to ...
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Heidi D. posted an article on Light-skinned-ed Girl - Aug 4, 2009, 11:03 am
I have been on the move and in flux for the last several weeks.  First there was the Festival, then the big 40th birthday parties (yes, there were three of them!), a trip to Denmark, to Portland and ...
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Heidi D. posted an article on Light-skinned-ed Girl - Jun 30, 2009, 10:42 am
I hope this is just the first good news I can relay about my book which will be published February 2010. Today, Publishers Weekly, the main book publishing trade magazine, featured The Girl Who Fell...
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