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Handmaid to No One

And so naturally I wonder, how can she be our most supreme judge, our arbiter and keeper of our Constitution, if it is not she–handmaiden to men—who ultimately decides?

First job, first boss, first lech

I prayed for the phone to ring, an appointment to show, any excuse.

The current diagnoses: pandemic, fires, social-distancing.

Are you okay, we ask? I’m okay, we answer.

Writer’s Retreat 2020

This magical island retreat hums with the history of writer’s voices.

I hear you, Atul Gawande. Thoughts on being inpatient.

Wait, wait, wait, I wanted to say. Give me a second while I find my intelligence. I don’t know what to do!

Try, Apply, Hit Submit

Can you trace your journey? Look back into the blue sky and catch a glimpse of your tendrils, instead of Continue reading →

Ready…set…cliff dive!

Going to Mendocino—taking my first screenwriting class, reading my work in front of 100+ people, hearing my novel first page blind critiqued by an industry panel, yup—terrifying and frigging exhilarating!

Persist.

I woke up one day this week and thought “this is so damned hard.” And I actually chose this path! Continue reading →

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