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Keep Conquering

Today I revised my assignment for Germ Magazine. If you've been following me on my journey toward publication, you will know I am a...

Before the After

I never set out to write a book about 9/11. Even as I read the pages of my work-in-progress, I know this to be true. To divulge too much...

Revealing the Rejected

This has been a year of rejection. Maybe last September I would not have been able to write so candidly about my own rejection, but that...

One Last Time

This week, I celebrated a birthday. And that day, the best friend picked me up for a surprise excursion. We drove until we reached a town...

Just Written

I've always loved Robert Hass's quote about writing: "It's hell writing and it's hell not writing. The only tolerable state is having...

Mountain Call

I've written before about resolutions and disappointments. It was my intention this year of posting here once a week, and the time...

Finding Hope Somewhere

Annie Donwerth-Chikamatsu's stunning debut novel, Somewhere Among, will take older readers back in time and introduce new readers to an...

For Future Events

"When she finished her tea, Thatcher took her cup, and swirled the remains three times clockwise, 'For future events,' he said, but Perry...

Finders Keepers

I spent my day doing many things. For as long as I can remember, holidays have meant heaps of food and love and people and places to go....

Beyond Belief

Maybe we all remember someone telling us all good things must come to an end. These words haunted me all throughout my reading of Aaron...