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Category Archives: Life-Writing Balance
THE PILLOW THAT WOULD GO EVERYWHERE: An essay on survival
When I was in the service, my first set of orders sent me to a unit in Frankfurt, Germany. My Army job, a photojournalist, meant that I wasn’t necessarily going to spend a lot of time in Frankfurt. No, I … Continue reading
Posted in Life-Writing Balance, Supporting All Artists, Teaching, Writing, Writing Exercise
Tagged army, deployment, iraq, operation able sentry, operation iraqi freedom, operation noble eagle, operation provide comfort, ptsd, service, small comforts, strength, survival, symbolism, united nations, veteran, women in the military
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My Outlook for 2014: Fiction Farming and Beyond
I live with this voice inside my head that thinks that all these things I do – self-improvement, goal-setting, trying to have a positive outlook is a bunch of feces of the male bovine. It screams, “Poser!” “Fake!” “Failure!” It’s … Continue reading
Where our creative heroine battles an army of self-doubt
After Thanksgiving prep, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving clean-up and prep for Yule, my art bench is back up. I painted for the first time this morning since all that nonsense started. It felt really good. Two of my four beta readers … Continue reading
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Tagged battle, decisions, examine, fighting, self doubt, success or failure, warrior
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Poor Man’s MFA: Making Time for Writing
Editor’s Note: Due to a hardware failure on our host server, this article is being republished. It may not look exactly as it originally appeared. Thank you for your understanding. I have a few of friends who have recently completed … Continue reading
Breaking out of my shell: my first visual art
I haven’t done visual art. At least not what I consider visual art. Performance art, sure. I had my drama-dork days during college. Yet, writing has always been my go-to form of expression and creative outlet. But since I started … Continue reading