Mere Ink
Ann Lloyd, Ph.D.Ann Lloyd, Ph.D.
Cedarview Drive
Blacksburg, VA
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What I Do:
I am a creative non-fiction writer specializing in education, reading, gifted children, parenting, homeschooling, and most recently housing psychology, gender, marriage, and the Prince Charming myth.
My writing style is relaxed, easy to read, and often humorous. I think outside the box and frequently leave my reader thinking "Wow, why didn't I think of that?"
What's New: Trade Articles
Otherways:
To the Edge and Back - A Look as Homeschool Burn Out. (February, 2010)
The Heart of the Matter:
Self-Doubt - Get Out (November, 2009)
The Link:
I Thought I'd Be Taller: Letting Go of Picture Perfect (December, 2009)
Home Education:
One Size Doesn't Fit All: Selecting a Homeschooling Curriculum for the Difficult, Emotional or Hyperactive Child (December, 2009)
Home Educator Family Times:
The Gift (November, 2009)
By the Cover: Choosing Books Your Child Will Read, (March/April 2009)
Self Publishing Magazine:
What's in a Name? Choosing a Pseudonym that Works (April, 2010)
Putting the Self in Self-Publishing (August, 2009)
Natural Child Magazine:
Define Blue: For Some Love Takes Time (April, 2009)
For more publications, see Clips.
Coming Soon!
Available on Amazon.com
Dollhouse to My House
The Single Female Homebuyer,
Little girls love dollhouses. In fact, an Internet search for the term yields 1,350,000 hits; pages and pages of websites each with its own unique product for sale. Thus perhaps it should come as no surprise that, according to the State of the Nation's Housing (Harvard, 2005), more than one in five homebuyers is a single woman and twice as many unmarried women as unmarried men are buying homes.Because married couples have historically dominated the housing market, little research has focused on the unique psychological, social, and behavioral needs of the single female buyer.
This book offers new insights into the psychology of housing and human environments as it explores the current phenomena of never-married women in their 30s and 40s purchasing homes without husbands or partners.
About the Author:
Ann Lloyd, completed her Ph.D. in Housing and Family Studies at Virginia Tech. She is the author of five books and numerous trade and academic articles. Her doctoral research on the single female homebuyer has been published and presented in the US and abroad.
What's New: Academic Articles
Lloyd, J.A., Parrott, K., & Beamish, J., (November, 2009). I Don't Like the Carpet: Introduction of a Purchasing Model. Book of Refereed Abstracts, Housing Education and Research Association (HERA) Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Parrott, K. & Lloyd, J.A. (September, 2009). Social Identity and the Single Female Homebuyer. International Housing Conference, Glasgow, Scotland.
Ann Lloyd, Ph.D.
Cedarview Drive
Blacksburg, VA
Ann
