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How You Know You’re a Writer

Thanksgiving is next week, so this week’s posts are on gratitude for the people who help make my writing possible.   * * *   The other day, I was taking a walk with my three-year-old son. We were on the route we take to pick up my husband from the train station at the […]

November 19, 2013

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Storytelling in GRAVITY (SPOILER ALERT)

This weekend, for the first time in . . . a really long time, I went to the movies. With two small children, this is a rare treat. My husband picked the movie—Gravity—and I was happy to go in with almost no knowledge of what the film was. Apart from it starring Sandra Bullock and […]

November 5, 2013

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Encouragement, and This Train

Last week the magic that is Twitter led me to an article titled, “Hey, Kid: Thoughts For The Young Oddballs We Need So Badly.” It inspired me to no end, especially the first bit of advice. Here’s a bit of what I loved:   The fact that nobody is doing what you imagine doing is […]

July 23, 2013

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