Category Archives: Guest Posts

Crowdfunding Tips & Tricks: A Vlog

Posted on May 15, 2013 by erin

Today I have the honor of being featured at Lisa Young’s blog in her Be Your Own Guru Series.  You can listen to me wax philosophical about my personal experiences fundraising for The Gay Dad Project documentary. I’ll even tell … Continue reading →

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I’m Not Here, I’m at Letters For Lucas!

Posted on April 10, 2013 by erin

Today I’m privileged to be guest posting over at my friend Tonya’s place:           I’ve written a letter there. So if you want to read it, go visit her blog, Letters For Lucas.  You can find Tonya … Continue reading →

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Show Me Your Writer Roots : Casey B.

Posted on March 29, 2013 by erin

    From a very young age, even though I then lacked the spiritual understanding to articulate it, I knew that my creative soul was that of a writer. I revelled in the joy of creating worlds with words and … Continue reading →

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Roots by Lisa Allen

Posted on March 1, 2013 by erin

Roots. I never gave them much thought until last summer, when I took my two youngest to our postage-stamp-sized backyard, determined to see dirt instead of the overgrown mess of vine and leaves and weeds and whatever else had taken … Continue reading →

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Samantha Brinn Merel : My Writer Roots Are in My Reader’s Soul

Posted on February 21, 2013 by erin

When I was home for Thanksgiving last November, I found my old journals. Seven of them, filled from cover to cover, documenting my comings and goings from sixth grade all the way through my junior year of college. I was … Continue reading →

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Finding My Voice : Brook Easton

Posted on February 15, 2013 by erin

The first piece I ever wrote was in high school. It was a short children’s story about Chester the Chipmunk and his perilous journey from a pine tree to a Christmas tree. As reenacted years later in National Lampoon’s Christmas … Continue reading →

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Jessie Powell: The Way the Keys Sound on Paper

Posted on February 8, 2013 by erin

When I was ten, I had a stroke of luck that represented the first real growth of writer roots for me. My grandparents gave me the manual typewriter I played with at their house. It was a Remington Rand, with … Continue reading →

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Christie Tate: Outlaw Momma

Posted on February 1, 2013 by erin

  I’m tempted to lie embellish here. I am tempted to spin a tale showing a precocious little me journaling all through my childhood and spinning stories that dazzled my teachers and parents.  I want to reinvent myself as someone … Continue reading →

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Cameron Garriepy: I Am a Romance Novelist

Posted on January 25, 2013 by erin

  My official bio mentions my first novel. A teen romance typed on pink paper with an antique typewriter. It was equal parts Sweet Valley High and All My Children. I wrote it in middle school; like a late-eighties Dickens … Continue reading →

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Giveaway! Strong Like Butterfly: An Anthology

Posted on January 18, 2013 by erin

Strong Like Butterfly brings the best of the popular website Girl Body Pride to the pages of your e-reader in a collection of strong and inspiring essays from women celebrating the You that You Are Right Now. While the word … Continue reading →

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