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Working Writer

Dec 22, 2020
7 min

Virus VS Viral Kindness

No one really gets to choose their trials. ...The only way to weather the storm is together.

Jun 28, 2020
2 min

Writing Health

Today I find myself in that strange place between sadness and apathy. I can feel myself moving slowly toward full-on depression,

Dec 26, 2019
9 min

Dreams, Goals, & the Secret Saboteur

Or, dreaming big and ignoring bad advice. I spend much of my life avoiding other people's advice. A contrarian by nature, I have learned ...

Dec 26, 2019
5 min

Harnessing the Monster Within

Or, the Inner Editor, and how she can help you. Almost from the first moment I decided to become a writer, I was told to banish my Inner ...

Dec 26, 2019
4 min

Three Men in a Boat

This book is a staple for me. I always have at least three copies; one to travel with, one to give away, and one at home...

Dec 26, 2019
2 min

Books!

What more do you need? Anyone who reads feels a kinship with books. They are more than paper and ink, they are windows into other minds, ...

Dec 26, 2019
4 min

A Little Princess

Francis Hodgeson Burnette I first read this book while camping with a group of girlfriends somewhere in British Columbia. I don't remembe...

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