I’m afraid, and I’m here

Losing language on a long, strange trip.

May 5, 2024 • Sydney Hegele

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July 2023

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

Jul 20, 2023 • Sydney Hegele

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June 2023

On both being and not being an author

Writing vs authoring & Guest Letter # 1

Jun 13, 2023 • Sydney Hegele

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May 2023

Editing is shift work. So is living.

Grocery store checkouts and the craft of splitting tasks (and selves).

May 11, 2023 • Sydney Hegele

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April 2023

The First Martyr

Grateful Dead lore, biblical inconsistencies, and writing for all of me.

Apr 27, 2023 • Sydney Hegele

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Seek and ye shall find (something different)

Good girls, essay expectations, and the craft of curiosity

Apr 16, 2023 • Sydney Hegele

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March 2023

Not the right piece for us

Rejection, expectation, and subjectivity in writing submissions

Mar 21, 2023 • Sydney Hegele

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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

Mar 8, 2023 • Sydney Hegele

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February 2023

A Co-Writing Multitude Container

Answering my most FAQ about dissociative identity disorder (DID)

Feb 19, 2023 • Sydney Hegele

A small, but important update

I'm teaching Intro to Writing the Short Story: An 8-Week Remote Course

Feb 16, 2023 • Sydney Hegele

The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved

Ethel Cain, God-wrestling, and the complicated art of the religious gothic

Feb 7, 2023 • Sydney Hegele

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January 2023

It's not you— it's me

Diagnostic essays, TikTok as portraiture, and the dangers of universalism.

Jan 16, 2023 • Sydney Hegele

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