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  • Thought-provoking piece and comments. I started blogging and social-networking as soon as I learned my novel was finally going to being published, because I believed t...
  • While I found the post, "Do We Overshare When We Write about Our Kids," to be, certainly, a timely and balanced piece, I have to say I'm really disappointed in this fo...
  • Good for your son! His response to your post is quite inspiring. This is a lovely exploration of how perfectionism hinders us.
  • Well, I don't have a book. For now, I blog, which means I have to come up with a title to make people click every five days! Being of the creative humorous vein, it's...
  • Thanks so much for highlighting what many of us experience--moving from the deep introspection of writing into the public world of marketing.  And yes, for those of u...
  • Kathleen, I made the same choice to pursue a social change career rather than a writing career -- yet the two kept coming together in surprising ways.  As a founder/le...
  • This question often arises in workshops I conduct as well as conference discussions.  I like Judith Barrington's notion in Writing the Memoir, that the memoir writer w...
  • My first book, a memoir, had a clear purpose from the beginning: Educate ordinary Americans -- in an engaging, novel-like, but totally true and often devastating way -...
  • Thanks, Susan. I'm glad this piece might serve as the basis for further exploration for you!
  • A beautifully rendered and heartfelt exploration. Thank you for sharing your honesty. I muse about love, and seldom read this level of vulnerability. I'd like to make your acquaintance here, and invite you to read some of my words too. Conscious love, T