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  • Started by Rachel Resnick
    Dear writers, friends and colleagues, I am sending you an invitation for an upcoming one-day writing workshop to be held Sunday, August 30th, in Topanga Canyon. This...
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  • Started by Irene Kendig
    Last reply by Irene Kendig
    Two years ago, on a cool October afternoon, a friend called to tell me about an extraordinary woman. “Jana has the most amazing gift,” she said. “She can communicate...
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  • Started by Tele Aadsen
    Last reply by Brooke Warner
    Pasting my Comp Title section below. I'd welcome feedback from everyone - am wondering if the layout works, broken into genre sections as it is, and if there are title...
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  • I write a lot about my disability :) At the moment, it's mostly blog posts but I'm starting to feel pulled back toward poetry. Which is great, because that's my favori...
  • My "invisible disabilities" are mental/emotional ones--Complex, chronic Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, ADHD, Dissociation, anxiety, and spurts of ps...
  • Hi Sarah, I am just starting to think about it... I have not been published yet. My goal in the coming months is to write a few essays and try to publish them in hope...
  • Thank you! I've been getting more focused on writing (having a chronic illness can make it hard to focus but I seem to have found the right meds now. Yay!) but I've been out of things for so long, I had no idea where to send stuff. This is soooo much help.
  • Hi Katherine, Hope you are working out your problems with creating a cover on createspace. I just wanted to let you know about a great cover designer (and she is a sel...
  • Hi Marilyn,  thanks -- yes, I've actually interviewed Mira about her book. Both she and her writing are fantastic. Interestingly, there's not too much out there!  My book, Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona Simaite, came out in March. It makes extensive use of letters and diaries.  J. 
  • Started by Paula Kamen
    Last reply by Paula Kamen
    For others writing about "invisible disability," do you see yourself as a part of a growing bigger movement for women to " come out of the closet" about these issues?...
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