Blog Posts for April Sinclair

It's Hard Out Here for a Writer

April Sinclair — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:07:58 -0700

I haven't written much this year because I've been reeling from my broke state. It's a challenge to live while surviving. I'm not throwing a pity party. A lot of people are struggling. I have to count my blessings. I just didn't expect to be in this place at this time. I didn't grow up with money. But, it was normal back then to just have the basics and to hear, "Wait ...

Single Woman of a Certain Age Reading Tuesday 6/30 from 6-7:30 PM at SF Main Librry

April Sinclair — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:46:04 -0700

Readings from Single Woman of a Certain Age at San Francisco glorious Main Library!Readers include Jane Ganahl, Kathi Kamen Goldmark, Joyce Maynard, Wendy Merrill, April Sinclair and Cameron Tuttle

SF's Yo' Mama's So Literary

April Sinclair — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:30:34 -0700

I won SF's Literary Death Match, Friday before last. The competition was really stiff. We were all champions! The audience and the judges and the promoters were all fantastic. It came down to a literary smack down. I felt scared and excited at the same time. Like a virgin. Read all about it at www.literarydeathmatch.comSingle Woman of a Certain Age, an anthology edited by Jane ...

I Love Obama but I'm Broke and I have a Cold

April Sinclair — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:34:17 -0800

I haven't blogged for a long time. I was ecstatic about the presidential election results. Obama's Inauguration was surreal for me. My blood pressure plunged twenty points. It was actually below normal. The nurse at Kaiser was astounded and so was I. But, I attributed the improvement to having just witnessed the swearing in of the first African American president. Fast ...

Proposition 8!

April Sinclair — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:52:27 -0800

I can't think of another issue that has pulled me in different directions like Proposition 8. Let me be clear. I voted against Proposition 8 without hesitation. Some of my friends seem to live in a rock solid, No on 8, pro same sex marriage world. These friends also have the tendency to be white. I have other friends who say things like, "The kids(gays and lesbians) just won't ...

Change!

April Sinclair — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:41:16 -0800

Earlier this year I was advised to keep my blog personal and not to get political. Well, the personal is about to get political. I'm still pinching myself regarding Obama's victory! I will say more at a later date. But, like many people I'm still recovering from the shock of experiencing something that I didn't expect to witness during my lifetime let alone my parents. So, I'm still ...

Girl Kissing

April Sinclair — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:31:52 -0700

My friend, Paula and I giggled like school girls as we huddled over little plates of dim sum goodies. We were celebrating another of my forty plus birthdays in a large, sunny, crowded restaurant in Oakland's Chinatown. Women in white uniforms pushed metal carts topped with steaming morsels through the narrow aisles. During our conversation thus far, Paula had casually thrown in an ...

Too Good to be Black

April Sinclair — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:17:12 -0700

I received an e-mail at my AOL address from a reader in La Jolla. She took exception to my blog airing the fact that a mouse or rat had entered into my bathroom cabinet underneath the sink. I felt that there was a stigma attached to having rodents. And as a black person, I felt sensitive about telling my agent about it during a phone call. Well, I was informed that LaJolla has rats in the ...

What do You Want Me to Blog About Next?

April Sinclair — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:32:50 -0700

Do you want to read an update on my rat problem? Or, would you prefer to hear my take on the political scene? Do you want to learn about my latest encounter with subtle, possible prejudice? Or, would you like to hear about my trip to hot, humid, stormy, Chicago last week to visit my warm, extended family? Or, how about the time I read with other authors at a nudist camp on a ...

Not Without Laughter

April Sinclair — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:01:15 -0700

I was walking down the street with a friend's four year old son on a recent evening. A somewhat large man lumbered past us. ( I almost typed "shuffled," but I censored myself). The boy asked in a loud voice, "Was that a monster?" I was speechless. I'm pretty sure that the guy heard him. I felt sympathy for the man. He was black and I wondered if that made the ...