Category: Personal Writing
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Can I even call myself a writer?
After last month’s update, it’ll likely come as little shock to you when I say, throughout the month of July, I sat down to write approximately zero times. And I don’t regret a single moment of my not writing. Let’s talk a bit about that. What it means to be a writer who isn’t actively writing. Can I even…
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Solo Writing Retreat
I spent three days away from my kitties in the heart of Decatur, GA Recently, I have been down a rabbit hole reading all about writing retreats and the various forms they can take: solo, paid, group, residency. One day, I hope to participate in every known variation, but the easiest for me to embark…
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I Stripped the Cosmos Clean Today
On Processing Unnamed Emotions This long-form poem was originally written and shared via my newsletter on November 1st, 2023 I stripped the cosmos clean today. In my garden, where there once stood large swathes of orange fireworks bursting through green now lays barren and empty, not unlike myself. Have I stripped myself of color, or…
B.A. Franc 