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Eleven Urgent & Possibly Helpful Things I Have Learned About Writing From Reading Thousands of Manuscripts
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Before I was falling, I was flying
Essay in 12 Steps | NINE | There is a pain so utter that it swallows substance up. Then covers the abyss with trance— So memory can step…
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Turning Under the Garden, Turning Over the Dresser Drawers
Fall re-imaginings + tending & sustaining a vibrant creative community + lively new ways to Write In The Dark (together)
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The Things Themselves, Alive With Metaphor
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What My Father Knew
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Pay attention. It's all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager. ― Susan…
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Dear Stuck: What Are We So Afraid Of?
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Before I was falling, I was flying
Essay in 12 Steps | NINE | There is a pain so utter that it swallows substance up. Then covers the abyss with trance— So memory can step…
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POV, Wingless Bodies, and Uninvited Guests
Essay in 12 Steps | EIGHT | This is the message. We are at the top of the river. Who are you? Please put us back in the water. We are floating to the…
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Carved By Water
Essay in 12 Steps | SEVEN | All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was. Writers are like that: remembering ... the…
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Dear Not Enough: You Are Actually More Than Enough, I Promise
Lit Salon addresses what “enough” looks like in a writing practice + should we listen to the nagging voice that says we're falling short? + practical…
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Dear Lizard Brain: Whatever It Is That Scares You, Write That
Lit Salon addresses the possibility of holding back, shirking, writing around the edges of things + the strange paradox of needing to look away from…
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Dear As Long As I Live: As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself
Lit Salon addresses the perennial challenge of writing about family (with help from Bessel van der Kolk, Ariel Gore, Laura Davis, Joy Castro, Andre…
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