The Most Important Lessons I’ve Learned From Fiction

Has anyone ever told you that fiction doesn’t matter?

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On Post-Election, Post-NaNoWriMo Priorities

Today I want to talk about some new realities…

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“But I’m NOT Racist!” (or, Show, Don’t Tell)

(This isn’t going to become a political blog, I swear. But I’m in the “angry” stage of grief right now, and so I’m using my words to help get it out.) I read an article yesterday written by a young Republican woman who, because she voted for Trump, felt the need to clarify that she’s […]

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The Dark Night of the Soul

I’ve been having trouble getting anything done–work, writing, reading, anything–since Wednesday morning. I don’t really have the words for how sickened I feel with the direction our country has taken. I’m terrified for the environment, terrified at the resurgence in hate crimes, terrified for the possibility that so much of what Obama has worked for could be […]

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The Good Things (October, Part II)

Happy Friday. It’s been a week of lots of writing and too little sleep. It’s also been a week of slight panic at how “old” I am and how I haven’t accomplished someĀ things (namely, marriage, children, and careers as authors) that others my age have…

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The Good Things (October Part I)

The week back from vacation can be rough..

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The Good Things (September, Part V)

Oh hi, Friday, aren’t you a welcome sight for weary eyes.

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I’m With Her

Hello friends.

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The Good Things (September, Part IV)

This was a good week!

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The Good Things (September, Part III)

It’s not been a great week, because of this. I am worried and feeling helpless, because mostly I am, and I’m having trouble concentrating. But as Dumbledore says, happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if only we remember to turn on the light…

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