It’s the first week of school and the kids are pissed. And so am I. This was possibly one of the best summers I’ve had as a mother (and that is saying something). I had individual trips with each of my sons, lots of our friends visited, we spent time with family, went to really beautiful…
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It’s another beautiful Combat Paper/Warrior Writers week at the USO. Which means on Friday August 26th, we’ll have a show–this time at Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton at 7 pm. What a stunning group this week. So many MVPs–the show is going to rock your world, I know it. When I’m an old lady making…
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We arrived on the coast of Maine after a long day of driving and stopping at scenic overlooks and eating chips and celery and carrots just in time for the Perseid meteor shower. I lay on the beach, my cotton scarf spread beneath my head. My little son, just ten and still bright with boy-wonder,…
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This Friday, I’m leading a workshop at the Power of Words Conference in Maine. I’m really excited to get way inside some longer form writing with a group of new people who are not yet tired of listening to me talk. Just kidding. No one ever tires of me. Right, Ma? Next week on Tuesday…
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I’ve had some writing that is really important to me accepted by two of my bucket-list publications in the last few weeks (!). One essay in particular I struggled with for months on the page and for years in my head. I’d written multiple versions that I didn’t feel great about–the logic wasn’t clear; there…
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