Hi writers!
I'm looking for two conservative families to interview for a book, and I'm having a really challenging time! I'm located in Vancouver, Canada now but I lived in Michigan for a long time and started this project there (in 2005, as a PhD dissertation -- now it is a book for trade press). I prefer to find families in Washington because then I can drive to interview them, and it will be easier for me to drive back again if we want to talk a second time.
The book is about how parents manage raising children with strong values in the context of the broader culture. I've interviewed some liberal families and I think it is critically important that conservative voices are heard and conservative stories are part of the big story.
I am particularly interested in:
-families where one or both parents have been somewhat politically involved/engaged (going to rallies, writing letters, blogging, working for a conservative organization -- you can define what 'politically involved' mean to you)
-families where the parents support the war in Iraq as the right thing for the U.S. to do
And I need:
-families in which the parents are willing to be interviewed
-families with at least one child between 9-13 year old who is willing to be interviewed
-one family living in a community that is pretty strongly liberal (so the conservative family is in the minority) and one family living in a community that is pretty strongly conservative (so the conservative family is surrounded by generally like-minded people)
I don't have much in the way of contacts in Washington State, and I'm just not getting anywhere with cold calls at the moment. I'd like to complete the interviews by mid-December, so I thought I'd turn to the water cooler at Absolute Write for suggestions, advice, tips and leads!
You can contact me directly at yharlapwrites (at) gmail (dot) com
Thanks so much!
I'm looking for two conservative families to interview for a book, and I'm having a really challenging time! I'm located in Vancouver, Canada now but I lived in Michigan for a long time and started this project there (in 2005, as a PhD dissertation -- now it is a book for trade press). I prefer to find families in Washington because then I can drive to interview them, and it will be easier for me to drive back again if we want to talk a second time.
The book is about how parents manage raising children with strong values in the context of the broader culture. I've interviewed some liberal families and I think it is critically important that conservative voices are heard and conservative stories are part of the big story.
I am particularly interested in:
-families where one or both parents have been somewhat politically involved/engaged (going to rallies, writing letters, blogging, working for a conservative organization -- you can define what 'politically involved' mean to you)
-families where the parents support the war in Iraq as the right thing for the U.S. to do
And I need:
-families in which the parents are willing to be interviewed
-families with at least one child between 9-13 year old who is willing to be interviewed
-one family living in a community that is pretty strongly liberal (so the conservative family is in the minority) and one family living in a community that is pretty strongly conservative (so the conservative family is surrounded by generally like-minded people)
I don't have much in the way of contacts in Washington State, and I'm just not getting anywhere with cold calls at the moment. I'd like to complete the interviews by mid-December, so I thought I'd turn to the water cooler at Absolute Write for suggestions, advice, tips and leads!
You can contact me directly at yharlapwrites (at) gmail (dot) com
Thanks so much!
