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Tag Archives: roots
Roots by Lisa Allen
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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Tagged Back To Allen, Lisa Allen, roots, writer, writing
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Samantha Brinn Merel : My Writer Roots Are in My Reader’s Soul
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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Tagged guest post, journaling, Judy Blume, Nancy Drew, reading, roots, Samantha Brinn Merel, writer, writing
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Finding My Voice : Brook Easton
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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Tagged blogging, Brook Easton, fiction, guest post, professors, prose, roots, writer
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One Sentence at a Time.
Jessica Watson is a mom to five, four in her arms and one in her heart. After the loss of her infant daughter in 2007, Jessica left the corporate world behind, vowed to … Continue reading
The Others Are Writers, Not Me
Christine Organ is a writer and blogger who lives in the hip and happening suburbs of Chicago. She is a part-time freelance writer. Full-time SAHM to two rambunctious little boys. Adoring wife of her rock-solid … Continue reading
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Tagged blogger, Christine Organ, essayist, freelance writer, guest post, law, lawyer, legal writing, manuscript, Random Reflectionz, roots, writer, writing
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The Writer Who Forgot For Awhile
Michelle Longo is a writer and blogger from northern New Jersey who dreams of someday moving to southern California. By day she slings paperwork, but by night she pours her heart out on her blog, The … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, alcoholic, alcoholism, being a mom, Jim Morrison, michelle longo, motherhood, multiple sclerosis, roots, screenplay, spouse-swapping, suicide, The Journey, Twin Peaks, writer, writing, writing as an outlet, writing as escape
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Evolving as a Writer or Calling Bullshit: Guest Post by Sherry Carr-Smith
Sherry Carr-Smith is a wife, mom, PR counselor, re-married widow, crafter and writer. She’s been writing online in some form or another since the 1990s and now blogs at Paper, Scissors, Keyboard. All her writing before the late … Continue reading
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Tagged calling bullshit, crafter, Essie, guest post, keyboard, lazy, nail polish, paper, roots, scissors, Sherry Carr-Smith, teachers, waiting for me to be good, widow, writing
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