Tag: writer
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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…
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On Envy and Self-Doubt
From the Archives This post was originally published as a newsletter on October 12th, 2023 This week, I have struggled to sit down and write this particular newsletter. Not because I have nothing to say, but because in doing so, I will reveal my incredibly flawed self. My envious self. My contradictory self. My human…
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Why my novel wasn’t on Amazon. . .
Until now I’ve had this post on my mind for ages now. Literally, months and months. It has been swirling through my brain, but for some reason, I keep failing to show up and put it all together. Thank goodness I have minor bouts of insomnia, otherwise I think it’d have perished in my drafts…
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Writing Diaries #3
On returning after a long break Wow, where did the past three months go? I turned around and BAM! it was already July. I think part of my disconnect is because Summer arrived a bit later for us than usual. I was fully prepared for rising temperatures back in early May, but with all the…
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