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Losing language on a long, strange trip.
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Kept promises are key to novel writing— and to trauma therapy
Building trust with my readers and with my alters has been a similar experience
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On both being and not being an author
Writing vs authoring & Guest Letter # 1
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Editing is shift work. So is living.
Grocery store checkouts and the craft of splitting tasks (and selves).
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The First Martyr
Grateful Dead lore, biblical inconsistencies, and writing for all of me.
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Seek and ye shall find (something different)
Good girls, essay expectations, and the craft of curiosity
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Not the right piece for us
Rejection, expectation, and subjectivity in writing submissions
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Everything you need to know about the Canada Council for the Arts Research & Creation Grant (literary works for publication)
Budgets, project descriptions, and the art of getting paid to write a book
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Author Sydney Hegele shares new work, book tour updates, writing tips, and the art of writing with dissociative identity disorder.
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