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We Are All Memoirists

When I was in the MFA program, my primary genre was creative nonfiction. I spent those three years writing, largely, about myself, my family, my experiences, my research. And now I blog. And I have a Facebook, and a Twitter. So, I suppose you could say I’m fairly comfortable with sharing certain parts of my [...]

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My Writing Life

I have the day free to write. I did a bunch of prep work last week specifically so I could clear today’s schedule just for writing. Over the weekend, I read over everything I wrote in San Francisco and brainstormed some things I might write this week. So, today, my writing day, has gone like [...]

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Why Am I Here?

Whenever people find out I’m in San Francisco for the entire month of July, they ask why. This is a perfectly reasonable question, one I’d ask too were the situations reversed. However, I still haven’t exactly figured out how to answer that question. Why am I here? First and foremost, to write. A large chunk [...]

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Summer Update

Here is summer: Jesse wakes up at his normal time, and I try desperately to stay in bed as long as I possibly can. Eventually, I get up and we have breakfast. (This is usually right after Gracie has thrown up hers. Sigh. Not the most pleasant sound to wake up to…but I’ll take it [...]

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Daydreaming

When I was little, I never went to sleep quickly. I fought naps when I was really little, and when I got a bit older I took Nancy Drew books to bed to read under the covers. Even when I meant to sleep, it often took a long time for me to drift off, so [...]

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