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  • Alexandra, I'm not sure I've ever engaged so actively with an article before. Good thing I was alone in my studio when I read it. The audible sighs, LOLs, and exclamations would have...
  • ...ddenly freed from the responsibility of  the full time care of my 5 children while grieving the death of our eldest son Laurence when a nanny was engaged for their care. At that time...
  • ...companying Holocaust. I'm pained and fascinated by both, and eternally trying to understand I think not just the people actively engaged but the people actively unengaged while something so unimaginab...
  • ...verything you're writing about. "Did you really do that? Did you really feel that way?"  The other thing I find amusing is how readers can get so engaged with fictional characters tha...
  • ...bsorbs, how overwhelming it can be, how it can interfere with our writing. Everyone says that it is absolutely essential for writers to be deeply engaged in social media but I think a...
  • ...ely freely is poetry. The Rebel Muse comes and goes of her own free will, beholden to no one. Maybe it has to do with what parts of the brain are engaged.
  • Thank you for your tips, Ashley.  I am tucking this away in a folder to take a look when I am ready to title my book, given that no title comes to me while I am engaged with writing during NaNoWriMo.
  • ...became the final straw.  That was my first official published piece, and now I do two paid columns, have finished a memoir, and am generally more engaged as a writer.  Thank you so mu...
  • ...not to have expectations but secretly coveting the acceptance! I brood and daydream, then suddenly it is time to get it down so I am not actively engaged in writing every day and ofte...
  • Yes.  Recently wrote a short "autobiographical" essay for an anthology and enjoyed the process. Time I spend engaged with my creative side is a time of healing...of moving forward.  Have written Morning Pages, and as part of a group.  It keeps me connected with the most authentic self.