Published Books
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The Story Beast: Stepping Stones
Read Adair’s true story, “Nighttime Dreams Become Stepping Stones for Healing,” on page 63 of this online storytelling journal.
Animals: Personal Tales of Encounters with Spirit Animals
Features Adair’s award-winning story, “Overcoming Fear With Help From the Whales,” on page 133.
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Clarity: Stories About the Moment That Changed it All
by The Pathfinders Collective
Features Adair’s story, “A Devoted Chamber of My Heart Opens” on page 26.
Writing for Our Lives anthology
Features Adair’s essay, “Pruning the Body and Soul” on page 37.
Contributing Author
- Creativity and Wellness Blog
- Voices: a Journal of Women’s Wisdom
- Fairfield Writer’s Blog
- The Write Connexion: Five Key Ingredients for a Successful Social Media Presence
Published Anthologies
- We Are Here, Orenaug Mountain Publishing Poetry Anthology
- National Library of Poetry, semi-finalist for “Poem for Peace” which is in the permanent collection of the United Nations
- Fourth Volume of Connecticut Poets
- In a Different Light
Poetry
Connecticut Press Club Honorable Mention for Creative Verse
- Haiku Your Way to Happiness
When it’s tough to move
Haikuing to happiness
Is the way to go
- April 17, 2023
Now I breathe in Spring
For National Haiku Day
Poetry is here
- The Vessel
The vessel expands
To hold what is poured within
Elasticity
- Friendships
The yin and yang of
Old friends and new, a balance
Over a lifetime
NaNoWriMo
- 2012 Participant: Read all about it in the Fairfield Writer’s Blog (December 2012 I Was a Wrimo Again)
- 2011 Participant: Read all about it in the Fairfield Writer’s Blog (December 2011 A NaNoWriMo Virgin No More; October 2011 Write a Novel in a Month)
Published Articles
Hundreds of articles on literature, creativity, health, meditation, dreams, entrepreneurs, humor, intuition, parenting, spirituality, and marketing including these:
- I Believe in Dreams | National Public Radio
- Changing Lanes | Daily Health News
- Meditation:The Creative Solution | Wings Magazine
- Meditation: Is That Sitting and Contemplating? | The Door Opener
- Choosing Joy and Humor | Woman Magazine
- Dreams | Health & Spirit
- Nine Ways to Enhance Your Creativity | Conscious Living
- Creativity | Women in Management
- Shifting Gears | Women in Management
- Low Cost Visibility for Your Firm | American Society of Landscape Architects
- What Presentation Device to Use and When | Encore
- Add Interest and Impact to Your Presentation With Slides | Encore
- Combating Racism Today YWCA | Magazine
Published Corporate Communications
Websites, social media, newsletters, brochures, marketing and public relations in literary, publishing, health, personal development, creative, training, business, academic, and entrepreneurial environments.
Writing Honors & Awards
- Storytelling World Resource Award 2024
- National Federation of Press Women Professional Communications Contest 2023 – First Place and Honorable Mention
- Connecticut Press Club Professional Contest 2022 – First Place, First Place, Second Place, Third Place
- Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism Grant
- Connecticut Library Association Publicity Award, with Pequot Library, two years
- Harvard Medical School’s Continuing Education Book Proposal Contest
- Three awards from the American Corporate Identity Association
- The World’s Who’s Who of Women, Who’s Who in Emerging Leaders of America, Who’s Who in American Women, Who’s Who in Advertising, Who’s Who in American Education
- Head Over Heels: Women Mean Business Radio, guest speaker on Social Media
- North American Open Poetry Contest, National Library of Poetry, Semi-finalist, Poem for Peace in permanent United Nations collection