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October 2025

Telling Hard Truths by Writing Hot Cold | Today at 1 PM Central!
Turning Raw Experience Into Resonant Art
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🧵 Thursday Thread | What Are You Working On? | Plus, last chance to register for Telling Hard Truths by Writing Hot Cold, Today 1-4 PM…
Let's talk about our writing projects and practices: what are you working on, or what do you wish you were/want to be working on?
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Did Someone Surprising Drive You To The Dentist?
One of the best writing exercises I've ever given
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The End of Trauma?
Agents say they’re done with “trauma books.” But trauma isn’t done with us, What if beauty is the way through? Ready to move from confession to…
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This is Our Reward
Zoom link for today's Write-In and a teeny tiny recap of an incredible revision intensive
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Write-In Today, October 27 10 AM Central
Zoom link here!
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🧵 Thursday Thread | There Goes The East Wing?
Hi, Friends,
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How to Fall
A micro-essay on the nature of life, love, and letting go ... plus details on our next intensive, The Infinite Small: A Microflash Revolution
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To the Daughter With Ink On Her Hands
Lir Salon on the struggle of writing about our mothers
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Write-In Today, October 20 10 AM Central
Zoom link here!
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