I try to laugh when I realize the apocalypse looks like homemaking. Who would've thought quarantine coping skills would entail so much housework? But, as far as world-altering scenarios go this one …
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Seven years ago I set out to get serious about my writing. My dream to tell stories, construct beautiful sentences, and write entire books became a passion. I wanted to be a better writer without …
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The first thing I noticed was the quiet. It was Friday afternoon, a time when the velocity of "busyness" begins to wind down for the weekend anyway. But––I'd already been working from home for a week. …
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I was recently asked how and why my politics changed. Aside from the years when my first husband forbade me to vote, I was once a right-wing conservative voter. I now vote mostly blue and I’m vocal …
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The opening paragraph of my upcoming novel includes a sentence that fell from my fingers one firey afternoon. I’d been writing on a tear and words were pouring out of me uncensored. I wrote, “One …
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Trauma: a deeply distressing experience or injury. Religious Trauma: Deeply distressing damage caused by authoritarian and dogmatic indoctrination that results in terror, helplessness, or …
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