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  • I don't know, Delani, sometimes you just have to set the world on it's ear and refuse to be dismissed. When I got to Savannah just less than a year ago and began talki...
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    I have mainly been working on children's books, but have recently become interested in personal essay and memoir, inspired to explore in more depth topics that have co...
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  • Hi Patricia, I've seen authors who have work in an anthology talk about the anthology as a whole and/or talk about their work in it, but I haven't seen an author do a...

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  • Yasmin Alam posted a message for Phyllis Smith
    Hi Phyllis How kind of you to comment on my first article ... I am embarressed that I have let negative family/work/house moves and shifts all distractt me from what...
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    It took me some time before I would even tell people that I wrote books.When I finally did it opened up avenues for positive and negative responses But that is all part of the scenario. Writing for me is like breathing it has to be done to stay alive.
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    Touched By Adoption More On Rejection & Some Advice About Coping In a recent a...e eased with an apology or a good night’s sleep. Just like minor slights, moderate hurts – like sharing a co...

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  • I’ve just read all the comments here with my hands shaking and my stomach churning the...held about my mother and my own origins since childhood. Hmm, yup, whiny brat mode achieved… but seriously, I th...
  • Joyce Chng commented on her article Thoughts and questions.
    Hi Irma, It is an important question! I tell myself that it is possible to write about other cultures, with empathy and sensitivity. Not sure if those commentators were jealous - but I do agree that there are folks who enjoy being negative/cynical. I totally agree about research. :)
  • Thanks for this thoughtful and important posting, Deborah. I imagine that your thought...I wouldn't write about anything happening in real time, only in retrospect. A Modern Love column I wrote a few w...