Patricia Knight Meyer - www.myadoptedlife.com
@myadoptedlife.bsky.social
#Journalist, #Author, Black Market Baby #adoptee not #adopted, #writer #memoirist with #memoir about being sold as an infant. #amquerying, X-expat, 💙 #writingcommunity, #litagent, #adopteerights #feminist, #LBGTQ. Blog: www.myadoptedlife.com ✈️☕️🍷 🦋
Three years ago today, I lost my birthfather Jerry Knight.
Today I'm announcing what he waited for: WONDERLAND: A Black Market Baby's Rise from the Rabbit Hole
April 1, 2026 (his birthday)
myadoptedlife.com/wonderland-t...
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#adoptee #memoir #adoption #writingcommunity 🥚
Today I'm announcing what he waited for: WONDERLAND: A Black Market Baby's Rise from the Rabbit Hole
April 1, 2026 (his birthday)
myadoptedlife.com/wonderland-t...
Join the launch list.
#adoptee #memoir #adoption #writingcommunity 🥚
November 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Three years ago today, I lost my birthfather Jerry Knight.
Today I'm announcing what he waited for: WONDERLAND: A Black Market Baby's Rise from the Rabbit Hole
April 1, 2026 (his birthday)
myadoptedlife.com/wonderland-t...
Join the launch list.
#adoptee #memoir #adoption #writingcommunity 🥚
Today I'm announcing what he waited for: WONDERLAND: A Black Market Baby's Rise from the Rabbit Hole
April 1, 2026 (his birthday)
myadoptedlife.com/wonderland-t...
Join the launch list.
#adoptee #memoir #adoption #writingcommunity 🥚
Hi friends, 🥚I am having a subscribe/resubscribe drive to my quarterly www.myadoptedlife.com newsletter. New subscribers receive my free 47-Page ebook/guide "From Fog to Freedom” based on talks I give on #adopteehealing Already subscribed? No worries just resubmit. www.facebook.com/share/p/1AnQ...
October 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Hi friends, 🥚I am having a subscribe/resubscribe drive to my quarterly www.myadoptedlife.com newsletter. New subscribers receive my free 47-Page ebook/guide "From Fog to Freedom” based on talks I give on #adopteehealing Already subscribed? No worries just resubmit. www.facebook.com/share/p/1AnQ...
Just returned from another amazing CUB retreat — my heart is full. 💛 Connecting with adoptees & first parents brings such deep healing. Grateful for this community of understanding. 🥚#AdopteeVoices #AdoptionHealing #AdoptionLoss #AdoptionReform #adoptionconference #CUB2025
October 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Just returned from another amazing CUB retreat — my heart is full. 💛 Connecting with adoptees & first parents brings such deep healing. Grateful for this community of understanding. 🥚#AdopteeVoices #AdoptionHealing #AdoptionLoss #AdoptionReform #adoptionconference #CUB2025
Just read "Grief… A Comedy" a #memoir by fellow adoptee Alison Larkin. Her story of finding true love at 55 is proof adoptees CAN find that deep connection we've always craved.
Read the review at: myadoptedlife.com/grief-a-come...
#AdopteeVoices #BookReview #AdopteeHealing #LoveAfter50 #TrueLove 🥚
Read the review at: myadoptedlife.com/grief-a-come...
#AdopteeVoices #BookReview #AdopteeHealing #LoveAfter50 #TrueLove 🥚
August 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Just read "Grief… A Comedy" a #memoir by fellow adoptee Alison Larkin. Her story of finding true love at 55 is proof adoptees CAN find that deep connection we've always craved.
Read the review at: myadoptedlife.com/grief-a-come...
#AdopteeVoices #BookReview #AdopteeHealing #LoveAfter50 #TrueLove 🥚
Read the review at: myadoptedlife.com/grief-a-come...
#AdopteeVoices #BookReview #AdopteeHealing #LoveAfter50 #TrueLove 🥚
YAYDNA Genetic Greetings is having a SALE for AMAZON PRIME DAY. --> amzn.to/3IxuBnq - Just $5.00 a card, 🥚help us disrupt the #greetingcard aisle. Visit the store today. NOTE: All money made goes back to supporting my #adoptionreform advocacy efforts #adoptiongreetingcards #greetingcards #DNA
July 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
YAYDNA Genetic Greetings is having a SALE for AMAZON PRIME DAY. --> amzn.to/3IxuBnq - Just $5.00 a card, 🥚help us disrupt the #greetingcard aisle. Visit the store today. NOTE: All money made goes back to supporting my #adoptionreform advocacy efforts #adoptiongreetingcards #greetingcards #DNA
We are about to disrupt #Adoption #GreetingCard Search Results on Amazon! 🥚 My new company #YAYDNA, sells adoption-aligned, trauma-informed, greeting cards for #adoptees #birthparents #NPE #Donorconceived #DNADiscovery life events: www.amazon.com/stores/YAYDN...
June 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
We are about to disrupt #Adoption #GreetingCard Search Results on Amazon! 🥚 My new company #YAYDNA, sells adoption-aligned, trauma-informed, greeting cards for #adoptees #birthparents #NPE #Donorconceived #DNADiscovery life events: www.amazon.com/stores/YAYDN...
Ollie dog says Happy #Pride ya’ll. Sorry to be missing #NOLApridefest. 💕🏳️🌈
June 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Ollie dog says Happy #Pride ya’ll. Sorry to be missing #NOLApridefest. 💕🏳️🌈
Just created a #adoption-Aligned Card Shop featuring regular cards that—taken out of context—accidentally perfect for honoring complex adoption relationships.
Working on my own adoption-specific line, but these Mother's Day-ready finds will do until then! myadoptedlife.com/my-adopted-l...
Working on my own adoption-specific line, but these Mother's Day-ready finds will do until then! myadoptedlife.com/my-adopted-l...
May 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Just created a #adoption-Aligned Card Shop featuring regular cards that—taken out of context—accidentally perfect for honoring complex adoption relationships.
Working on my own adoption-specific line, but these Mother's Day-ready finds will do until then! myadoptedlife.com/my-adopted-l...
Working on my own adoption-specific line, but these Mother's Day-ready finds will do until then! myadoptedlife.com/my-adopted-l...
Beach house vibes with an excellent novella by #adoptee Sasha Hom from @blacklawrence.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Beach house vibes with an excellent novella by #adoptee Sasha Hom from @blacklawrence.bsky.social
Julie Hartley teaches writing, holds online writing workshops, and is a phenomenal human being. I’ve been to three of her workshops in Costa Rica. Her last novel, Her Secret Soldier, was impossible to put down. Can’t wait to read this one. Learn more about her #writingretreats at Centauri Arts.
April 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Julie Hartley teaches writing, holds online writing workshops, and is a phenomenal human being. I’ve been to three of her workshops in Costa Rica. Her last novel, Her Secret Soldier, was impossible to put down. Can’t wait to read this one. Learn more about her #writingretreats at Centauri Arts.
Thank you to all who offered their support when my MS "WONDERLAND: A Black-Market Baby's Life Underground" made the shortlist for the @blairpub.bsky.social #BakwinAward. However, congrats goes to @taraweinstein.bsky.social. Please support her book. Look for me at #AWP - #amquerying #writingawards
March 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Thank you to all who offered their support when my MS "WONDERLAND: A Black-Market Baby's Life Underground" made the shortlist for the @blairpub.bsky.social #BakwinAward. However, congrats goes to @taraweinstein.bsky.social. Please support her book. Look for me at #AWP - #amquerying #writingawards
January 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A reel I made on ins
January 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A reel I made on ins
Take a peek outside!
January 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Take a peek outside!
January 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
#P2Ppit #UW
When 19 yr/old Patricia learns she was never adopted, but sold as an infant along a hospital curb, she embarks to unearth the extortion & child trafficking that stole her identity, expose the dirty attorney, find her bio parents & obtain a true & legal birth certificate 2xShortListWinner
When 19 yr/old Patricia learns she was never adopted, but sold as an infant along a hospital curb, she embarks to unearth the extortion & child trafficking that stole her identity, expose the dirty attorney, find her bio parents & obtain a true & legal birth certificate 2xShortListWinner
January 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
So @grammerly.bsky.social totally nailed me 💯 #adoptee over here— this is them reporting my #writing style for 2024.
January 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
So @grammerly.bsky.social totally nailed me 💯 #adoptee over here— this is them reporting my #writing style for 2024.
To commemorate my 55 years on the planet, I present to you a timeline of my confusing #blackmarket #babyscoop #originstory, not unlike many birthday timelines of my fellow #adoptees. #becauseadoption #adoptionjourney #adoptee #adopteevoices #adopteesky
January 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
To commemorate my 55 years on the planet, I present to you a timeline of my confusing #blackmarket #babyscoop #originstory, not unlike many birthday timelines of my fellow #adoptees. #becauseadoption #adoptionjourney #adoptee #adopteevoices #adopteesky
A the best map of the #publishing landscape I’ve ever seen from @janefriedman.com - enjoy #writingcommunity #authors #publishers #publishing #querying #book #writers
January 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A the best map of the #publishing landscape I’ve ever seen from @janefriedman.com - enjoy #writingcommunity #authors #publishers #publishing #querying #book #writers
I am so pleased to learn my #adoption #memoir #manuscript is one of 5 works named on the shortlist for this C&R Press #NonFiction 2024 Award. Thanks to all at C&R press who make these awards possible. Such recognition means so much. #onsub #amquerying #booksky #adopteevoices #writingcommunity
December 28, 2024 at 3:25 PM
I am so pleased to learn my #adoption #memoir #manuscript is one of 5 works named on the shortlist for this C&R Press #NonFiction 2024 Award. Thanks to all at C&R press who make these awards possible. Such recognition means so much. #onsub #amquerying #booksky #adopteevoices #writingcommunity
How do I plan to spend my free time this Christmas? With this exciting find. A novel by #adoptee Alison Larkin based on her experience being #adopted from the US and raised in the UK and Africa. Reviews said it was good & funny. Already into chapter 3 & it’s every bit that & more. :-) #adopteebooks
December 22, 2024 at 11:42 PM
How do I plan to spend my free time this Christmas? With this exciting find. A novel by #adoptee Alison Larkin based on her experience being #adopted from the US and raised in the UK and Africa. Reviews said it was good & funny. Already into chapter 3 & it’s every bit that & more. :-) #adopteebooks
A new post is up on www.myadoptedlife.com exploring some of the most noteworthy #adoptionbooks released by #authors in the #adoption community in #2024. #adopteesky #adoptionresources #books #memoir #adopteestories #author #reunion #adoptees #birthmothers #writingcommunity
December 7, 2024 at 12:07 AM
A new post is up on www.myadoptedlife.com exploring some of the most noteworthy #adoptionbooks released by #authors in the #adoption community in #2024. #adopteesky #adoptionresources #books #memoir #adopteestories #author #reunion #adoptees #birthmothers #writingcommunity
I am over the moon after learning my #memoir made the short list for the Bakwin Award for full-length prose by Blair Publishing @blairpub.bsky.social what an honor. The winner will see their book published as well. Wish me luck! The winner is announced in January.
December 6, 2024 at 9:11 PM
I am over the moon after learning my #memoir made the short list for the Bakwin Award for full-length prose by Blair Publishing @blairpub.bsky.social what an honor. The winner will see their book published as well. Wish me luck! The winner is announced in January.
I am excited to share that my #onsub #manuscript for my #memoir about my #blackmarket #adoption is among 10 finalists selected for the #BakwinAward for Full-Length Prose by Blair Publishing. Congrats to the nine others also selected. The final 10, mine #bakwin #bakwinaward #longlist #adopteestories
November 19, 2024 at 2:55 PM
I am excited to share that my #onsub #manuscript for my #memoir about my #blackmarket #adoption is among 10 finalists selected for the #BakwinAward for Full-Length Prose by Blair Publishing. Congrats to the nine others also selected. The final 10, mine #bakwin #bakwinaward #longlist #adopteestories