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Recovery from a different kind of money problem

I am in a relationship with money whether I want to believe it or not.

Recovery from a different kind of money problem

When your writing is shamed by the so-called expert

Honest feedback or sadistic humiliation?

When your writing is shamed by the so-called expert

What decorating and getting dressed taught me about being unbound by conventional norms in writing

1. Sometimes, how I “decorate” tends to make everything the same – even if each piece is utterly unique. I appreciate the uniqueness of the individual item. It’s not a bad thing but too many unique things can become overwhelming and vie for my attention. I do mosaics, and I love them, and I’d decorate

What decorating and getting dressed taught me about being unbound by conventional norms in writing

Lidia Yuknavitch on Internal Conflict and Writing

In order to write THROUGH the story, I had to relive it. And in my case that meant reliving these specific things:
—the death of my daughter —the abuse I suffered from my father —the self destructions I inflicted on my self
—the longing for a mother drowned by alcoholism

Lidia Yuknavitch on Internal Conflict and Writing

What Writing a Book With a Friend Teaches You—Insights From Meredith Resnick and Kim Hooper

Coauthored by friends Kim Hooper and Meredith Resnick, LCSW, All the Love: Healing Your Heart and Finding Meaning After Pregnancy Loss (Turner, 2021) is a personal, heartfelt exploration of loss and grief. In their guest column featured on Writer’s Digest, the authors discuss what they learned from each other throughout the shared writing process. Utilizing

What Writing a Book With a Friend Teaches You—Insights From Meredith Resnick and Kim Hooper

Thoughts on writing at the intersection of vocation and profession

“Treat it like a job and Divorce it utterly from all notions of a job: Both things are true.”

Thoughts on writing at the intersection of vocation and profession

Stagnation Is Worse Than Writer’s Block

This is my story about how to avoid stagnation. Actually, it is a post about growth.

Stagnation Is Worse Than Writer’s Block

Kathryn Chetkovich Writes Eloquently About a Very Un-eloquent Topic: Envy

Feeling admiration for a writer feels different than feeling envy.

Kathryn Chetkovich Writes Eloquently About a Very Un-eloquent Topic: Envy

Mixed Up About Money and Its Relationship to Writing

Missing was the connection to something greater than himself (my father) that told me—on the inside—that I exist, there is a place for me, too.

Mixed Up About Money and Its Relationship to Writing